The African Snake
Oil on Canvas,
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8,901
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The African Snake
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Oil on Canvas
W: 1160mm x H: 1180mm x D: 15mm
W: 46" x H: 46" x D: 1"
Approx. Weight: 4kg
This work is
framed (but can be supplied either framed or unframed)
Price
US$ 8,901
Scale
About "The African Snake"
Although much of my previous work had depicted a snake it was with this painting that the concept of the African Snake crystallised. I had long since realised that there are many prejudices surrounding the image of the snake in both Christian and African 'cultures'. I am therefore confronting the 'traditional' notion of the snake as 'evil'...the snake is NOT a negative symbol. THIS snake had been slumbering within the Earth for aeons. The 'psychic' disturbance of apartheid roused it from its hibernation.
The head is three dimensional, thus indicating its 'surfacing'. The tongue is forked, yet curved, indicating its 'benign' (not evil) intentions. The snake is criss-crossed and enmeshed with the zigzag rhythm of Africa. The essential colours of red, orange and green speak of the vibrancy and contrasts of Africa.
I was truly astonished to discover (last year) the existence of an Aboriginal myth which speaks of the "Rainbow Serpent". Part dream, part vision, the ancient myth of the Rainbow Serpent is one of the creator and destroyer, survivor and shaper of the world. I personally feel that the African Snake and the Rainbow Snake are the same mythological snake - that it manifests when there is a dire need of its influence.
Little knowing it, I had embarked on a 10-15 year story. My final painting in this series - 1996 - depicts the African Snake returning to the earth.
The owner of this painting has requested that I make it avialable for art connoisseurs.
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About Helge Olle
Photographer: Gerald Botha of Stella Nova Studios, Kloof, KZN 2016
Costume design and construction, make-up, concept: Helge Janssen.
The period of disaster has lifted. PRICE of works has been updated.
My art is formed through a combination of myth, psyche, archetype and innovation drawn from life's many many influences...and has even amazed me with its portent...drawn from a deeply intuitive cognitive consciousness. We have so much more information as our source of inspiration amid a myriad of vying energies.
With the current madness and orchestrated insanity busy bombing our minds daily, with full intention to DISORIENTATE, OBFUSCATE and DEMORALISE our lives, we have to stand strong and focused.
It is more important than ever that these moronic forces that are hell bent on subjugating the world to its morass of dubious and despicable control mechanisms by robbing us of our sovereignty are defeated. It is a GIVEN that their plans are so DELUDED that they will never succeed. The mere fact that they even THINK that their plan will succeed is alarming enough. It has FAILURE built into it. What it boils down to is that they are trying to take as many people as they can with them. It is THEIR end game. It is THEIR fear. It is THEIR stupidity.
And of course being shadow banned as an artist is shameful. But the more I am ignored, hidden, the more powerful my work becomes. It is a given. Thank you in advance.
LATEST UPDATE: FB has ripped me apart! They have deleted all of my platforms for violating 'instagram's community standards. I had tried to remove myself from instagram a few years ago but my efforts failed....so I clean forgot about it. However, I became aware that when I post to my art pages that the post is also shared to instagram. FB does not tell me exactly what it is that I have done that constitutes this drastic response. When I follow the links to 'appeal' I am sent a 'verification' code that will allow me to make an appeal, but when I enter the verification code and require my ORIGINAL password, it keeps telling me that I have entered the wrong password. When I type in my phone number (another option) it tells me that no such number exists. I am told that I have 179 days within which to lodge an appeal. That boils down to a six month ban/...and, in the mean time a 'discreetly blatant' form of CREATIVE ASSASSINATION!!
When artists are made to feel that they have as much significance as another brick in the wall......KNOW that society has been completely INVERTED.
Price Range
US$ 56-12,461
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Exhibitions
too numerous to mention but held a RETROSPECTIVE of nine paintings on an invite from artist/filmmaker Aryan Kaganof at his VIRGINS exhibition at the KZNSA art gallery 2002. I also performed a solo experimental piece, plus showcased some fashion garments at the opening.
Also a solo show at Chilliplum restaurant, Hillcrest 2013.
"The mechanism whereby change happens in a democracy is to speak out. And if nobody listens, then to speak louder" - David Lewis.
Education
Natal Teachers' Senior Diploma III (Botany and Zoology)
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