YDI COETSEE CARSTENS
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Kerksaal vloer (2019), Oil on board, 60 x 60cm 


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Diptych: aarde sluk my in (2020) Gouache on board, 20 x 20cm each


Skooltas / School touch (2019)

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Na-ure / After hours (2018)

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'n Gewone dag / An Ordinary Day (2018)

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Pictures at an exhibition (2018)

Inspired by Mussorgsky

A recasting of the 10 themes in an African context, inspired by travels, studies and everyday life.

Listen to the music here.

No. 1 "The Gnome"
No. 2 "The Old Castle"
No. 3 "Tuileries (Children's Quarrel after Games)"
No. 4 "Cattle"
No. 5 "Ballet of Unhatched Chicks"
No. 6 "Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle"
No. 7 "Limoges. The Market (The Great News)"
No. 8 "Catacombs (Roman Tomb)"
No. 9 "The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga)"
​No. 10 "The Bogatyr Gates (In the Capital in Kiev)" 




Narratives of place (2019)

A selection of interior paintings.

​Bedroom - Kampala
Classroom - Kampala
​Living room - Kampala

Acrylics and poster paint on box crate

On the road (2016)

Paintings inspired by travelling in Africa.

Breakfast, Dinner, Red Chair
Oil on board
​30 x 30cm

Michael at the studio window (2015)

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Digital vistas (2018)

This series of images was created for an exhibition exploring Cape Town and its many faces. A rotating GIF image based on geographical data points was displayed on a tablet.

Abstract:
Tech and Coding has created a world that is significantly changing the way we live. We now spend much of our time as digital explorers, spending less and less time navigating the material world.

​We are continually discovering new continents and creating new colonies, not unlike the Portuguese sailors who explored the world without really understanding the consequences thereof. 

Hindsight offers us the ability to judge and critique the past, but not to see our own actions clearly. Even though Tech has the potential to improve our lives, it doesn’t yet enable us to see ourselves for what we are. Pride comes to a fall, mistakes lead to tragedy, and human error remains part of the equation 


Die Kruisiging / The passion (2017)


Landscapes

Paintings inspired by South African landscapes 

Stormsrivier (Garden route)
Cederberg 
Jonkershoek valley
Stettynskloof 
Arangieskop
Lesotho
​Du Toitskloof
Karoo
Amatola
Valley of desolation (Graaf Reinet)
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