Imizobo iyalela ngokwangaphakathi ingqalelo kuba 'ziyi-alpha-art' - obona bugcisa bunokubakho - kanye apho kwinqanaba lamehlo, ukuhlutha igunya lodonga. Awunakwenza impazamo umzobo wayo nayiphi na enye into ngaphandle kobugcisa; Isandla somzobi sihlala sibonakala ukuba ujonge kufutshane kunokuba ubufanele. Unokuthi, nangona kunjalo, wenze impazamo kwimifanekiso eqingqiweyo ka-Isabel Nolan emincinci kwi-VOID Gallery malunga nezinto ezigrunjiweyo, ezikhutshwe ezantsi koMlambo iFoyle. Okanye unokuthi, njengelinye labaphulaphuli endisebenza nabo kwi-Q&A kaNolan yamva nje kunye noDeclan Long, uqwalasele itafile yemizobo phantsi kwephepha leglasi into yokuseta iglasi yakho yewayini.
Iitheyibhile ezigqunywe ngeglasi zibonisa imizobo kaNolan echubekileyo, ebonakala ngathi imbhodamo, efundeka ngokongezelekayo njenge-staccato yamanani, uyilo lomzobo, imathematika, kunye nomculo obhaliweyo. Imizobo kaNolan inemizobo exineneyo yepateni ye-idiosyncratic kunye ne-motif: amaza e-spirographic angavulwanga ukusuka elangeni elinomsindo; iinkwenkwezi ziphuma kwiindawo ezimnyama zelothe; kwaye amanqaku abhalwe ngokungxamisekileyo okubonakalayo eludinini. Kumgangatho osembindini wenye igalari kukho ityesi yeglasi, emalunga neemitha ezimbini zesikwere kunye nee-intshi ezimbalwa ubude, apho igridi yezinto zodongwe ezinobukhulu besundu zicwangciswe phezu kwelaphu lesilika elibhulowu. Le mizobo kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo iqulethwe ngokomfuziselo sisingqisho samaza emizobo kaNolan ejikeleze umjikelezo weegalari.
Oh Icarus (2022) inyuswe phezulu ngaphezu komgangatho wamehlo, ngomphezulu wepaseji phakathi kwezithuba, ngokungathi idiphozithwe sisikhukula esihlileyo ngoku. Imalunga nokumila (2022) ubonisa iitendril ezifana nezandla zikhala macala onke ngaphezu koluhlu lwamaza athontsizayo, ngelixa ifom ye-orbicular evalwe ngokuyinxenye ijonge phezulu. Andikwazi ukukunceda kodwa i-anthropomorphise lo mboniso njengento eyoyikisayo yemihla ngemihla evela kuLwandle lweMeditera okanye i-English Channel, kwaye uzibuze ukuba i-disc ebandayo esibhakabhakeni ibheka ngovelwano, okanye ngokungakhathali?
Ubume bemizobo - ubuqhetseba 'bodonga-budongeni' lwabo - yicypher yokufumana 'flotsam, jetsam, lagan kunye nederelict' phakathi kwendlela eyahlukileyo kaNolan. Umama wasentlango (iNgcwele uPaula) kunye neNgonyama (2022) ubonisa 'umama wasentlango' uSaint Paula kumqolomba mnyama kumazantsi ekona esekhohlo kumhlaba onamatye. Ngaphandle kuhleli ingonyama emele iNgcwele uJerome, ekuthiwa nguye owaqala ukuguqulela iBhayibhile kwisiLatini. Nangona kunjalo, apha, nguPaula osebenza phezu kwencwadi elungileyo ebumnyameni bomqolomba, hayi uJerome. Ababhali-mbali bale mihla ngoku banikela ingxelo ngazo zombini ezi nguqulelo, kodwa kuninzi lwembali yobuKristu, igalelo likaPaula, ngokungamangalisiyo, liye lasithelwa kukungahloneli bafazi. Ukwakhiwa okucekethekileyo kwalo mzobo, onamanani amancinci, alula kumhlaba owahlukileyo ucebisa kwangoko uHieronymus Bosch, kunye neempawu zobuKristu zamaxesha aphakathi zomzabalazo phakathi kwabangcwele kunye naboni.
UNolan akagrumbi inyaniso kubumdaka bembali yobugcisa, okanye ebonisa inyaniso ngayo nayiphi na indlela ephazamisayo, kodwa uzisa kugxininiso lokungcola okufumbe phezu kwayo. UNolan uye waphawula ukuba uthatha uthuli njengento entle, into ebonwa ehlala kwihlabathi elintsonkothileyo, xa ijongwa phantsi kokwandiswa okugqithisileyo. Ukuqwalasela oku, sinokujonga ubuhle obucacileyo bemizobo kaNolan njengeepaneti zothuli, ubumdaka obucoliweyo, apho sijonga abalinganiswa abangaphantsi. U-Nolan akapeyinti kakuhle, okanye ahombise izifundo zakhe ngobuhle, kodwa upeyinta ubuhle ngokwawo: ukupeyinta, ukuphonononga, ukuhlukanisa. Oku kuqonda kwafanekiselwa kwangaphambili kumboniso kaNolan ka-2017 eDouglas Hyde Gallery, 'Ukubiza uMxhuzulane', apho umzobo omnye ubonisa uTony Soprano ekwimo kaPope wovuselelo, echaphazela ukungazinzi phakathi kwesihloko kunye nelensi yomfanekiso waso. Ngokudibanisa iinkqubo ezidityanisiweyo zokupeyinta, sinokuqala ukwahlula izifundo kwigunya elinikezelwe kubo ngobugcisa bokumela. Okanye ngokuchaseneyo, njengakwimeko kaSaint Paula, sinokubona umaleko weaggregate entle ehluthe abanye izizukulwana.
UKevin Burns ngumculi kunye nombhali osekwe eDerry.
Umboniso ka-Isabel Nolan uyaqhubeka kwi-VOID kude kube yi-18 ngoFebruwari.
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