Antipode — Rebecca Diele

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Antipode

In Antipode, the act of painting is guided not by sight or precision but by magnetism and intuition. A magnet, pulled beneath the surface, becomes an extension of the hand, a creature-like force that smears and gathers pigment through invisible fields. The paint resists and yields, dragged into unpredictable formations, its motion both mechanical and organic.

What begins as a system — oil paint arranged in deliberate lines — quickly gives way to an improvisation of force and resistance. The magnet traces a choreography beyond control, revealing a tension central to my practice: the balance between rule and release, between the structure of intent and the freedom of transformation.

Here, unseen natural forces intervene, creating their own order through disruption. Each mark records not the artist’s will, but a negotiation between strength and vulnerability, process and emergence, a dialogue between what is guided and what is let go.

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