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Maaike Bakker

Pretoria

NOW MUSEUM / NOW YOU DON'T (2013)

Type of book work: Editioned / printed work
Dimensions: 180 x 280
Media: Digital printing on paper, wibalin bound

Artist's / designer's statements

The artist's book makes visual reference to a series of functional diagrams, which as the pages of the book evolve, are stripped of their referential function. As the viewer progresses through the book the technical drawings no longer operate as data for re-presentation but become increasingly abstracted through the enlarging and cropping of the technical illustrations.

In the end, the illustrations appear as purely abstracted linework. This representation of the technical illustrations dislocates them from their initial function and introduces the investigation into whether the data will eventually replace the actual artwork.

BEYOND THE VANISHING POINT / STRANGE NEGOTIATIONS (2017)

Type of book work: Editioned / printed work
Dimensions: 180 x 250
Media: Digital printing on paper, wibalin bound

Artist's / designer's statements

Beyond the Vanishing Point' explores the gradual expansion of a visual line system which keeps expanding throughout the book. As the pages progress and the lines keep interlinking, subtle glitches start appearing. Lines gradually start to misalign, and the sequence slowly collapses, taking on a sort of visual 'broken telephone'. Through the increasing irregularity of the lines, all visual rhythm is lost, resulting in lines without any clear intent or direction. A visual cacophony, caused by randomly overlapping lines, concludes the book and the visual system is thereby rendered futile.

Artist / Designer / Educator

Education

2013 Masters degree in fine arts, University of Johannesburg
2009 Bachelor in Visual art-University of South Africa

Awards

2014 University of Johannesburg-Chancellor medal recipient
2008 Absa L'atelier top 10 finalist.

Exhibitions

2013 Now museum | Now you don't, Nirox projects, Arts on Main, Johannesburg
2016 Aesthetic Engineering, Kalashnikovv Gallery, JHB
2016 From whence they came / SMITH X Kalashnikovv
SMITH Studio, Cape Town
2016 ZeRO / curated by Dead Bunny Society, SOMA art space, Maboneng, Johannesburg
2014 Play_an exhibition, Nirox sculpture park, Muldersdrift

Collections

UNISA art collection
Jack Ginsberg Collection of Artists' Books