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South Africa, b. 1965

Kate Gottgens South Africa, b. 1965

Kate Gottgens
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Kate Gottgens, Twilight, 2025

Kate Gottgens South Africa, b. 1965

Twilight, 2025
oil on canvas
90 x 130 cm
35 3/8 x 51 1/8 in
framed: 92 x 132 x 5 cm
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This painting is a rare instance where Kate has used a found image exactly as it was—untouched, unaltered. She was struck by its quiet perfection: the hosepipe, its shadow, and...
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This painting is a rare instance where Kate has used a found image exactly as it was—untouched, unaltered. She was struck by its quiet perfection: the hosepipe, its shadow, and the water arcing from it, forming a cross at the center. The scene carries a paradoxical quality—both deeply ordinary and profoundly symbolic.

The small pool, slowly filling with water, evokes an amniotic sac, a fountain of life. Yet, it remains unmistakably urban, set in a mundane environment. Kate was drawn to its perfect emptiness, the quiet solitude of the moment. It speaks to a universal human experience—the fleeting, golden evening, the simple act of filling a plastic blue pool, a ritual so familiar yet so transient. The composition felt so effortlessly balanced that she didn’t want to intervene.

Embedded within the image is a sense of transition—the passing of childhood, the ephemeral glow of a summer dusk. It captures the essence of a moment slipping away, that hazy nostalgia for something you didn’t even realize was disappearing at the time.
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