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- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 105cm x 90cm
- Year
- 2024
- Edition
- Original Artwork
- Framing
- Unframed
- Region
- South Africa
- Reference
- PA-2026-017
The vertical 105cm x 90cm composition gives this work a quiet but commanding presence. Its restrained blue palette, punctuated by vivid colour, makes it especially effective as a standalone feature piece in a residential or contemporary interior. The work is sold unframed.
In Nostalgia Flows Like a Gentle Current, a solitary figure rests above an elongated structure surrounded by water, a darkening sky and brightly coloured folded butterflies. The unusual placement of the figure gives the scene a suspended, inward-looking quality, as though memory and the present moment are briefly occupying the same space. Matomela uses the dreamlike environment to turn a familiar human figure into a site of reflection, while the repeated butterflies introduce movement and visual rhythm across the deep blue field.
Produced in Oil on canvas. The work is presented as supplied by the artist and documented by Perspective Art.
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