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Stephan Erasmus

Hartland | 2010

South Africa

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Mixed media

heart•land
–noun
1. the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, esp. a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.


Heartland Sisters of Mercy

Clearly now the past mistakes
The giant steps we had to take
The path that ever promise made to
Die in dream dissolve and fade

My heartland heartland heartland


The ownership of or the belonging to land forms an important part in the forming of identity, and power relations within society. This is nowhere more clear than in the History of South Africa.

‘Hartland’ documents an exploration of Afrikaner identity through the ‘sampling’ of selected Afrikaans text and its reconstruction/remixing into landscapes and maps. The maps and landscapes doubles as encrypted or obscure love letters, where the text becomes a maze of meaning, used to construct and reconstruct identity in relation to belonging.

text by Stephan Erasmus

Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Verlange | 2010 | silkscreen print | Afrikaans poem | 70 cm x 100 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
My Kaart / My Map | 2010 | silkscreen print | Collection of Love Poems in Afrikaans | 70 cm x 50 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Flight Patter II. | 2010 | silkscreen print | 70 cm x 100 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Flight Patten I. | 2010 | silkscreen print | 70 cm x 100 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Flarde | 2010 | silkscreen print | Collection of Love Poems in Afrikaans | 70 cm x 50 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Berg II. | 2010 | Handcut paper, handbacked cloth, double spine | Collection of Love Poems in Afrikaans | 41 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Berg I. (detail) | 2010 | handcut paper, cotton thread, handbacked cloth, exposed spine | Collection of Love Poems in Afrikaans | Edition of 10 | 31,5 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Wailing Book | 2010 | paper, digital printing, hand marbled paper and handback cloth | Collection of Love Letters to South Africa | 32 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Wailing Book | 2010 | paper, digital printing, hand marbled paper and handback cloth | Collection of Love Letters to South Africa | 32 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Berg I. | 2010 | handcut paper, cotton thread, handbacked cloth, exposed spine | Collection of Love Poems in Afrikaans | Edition of 10 | 31,5 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Tou op gooi | 2010 | wood, paper, digital print and cotton thread | selected text | 14.5 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Tou op gooi (detail) | 2010 | wood, paper, digital print and cotton thread | Selected text | 14.5 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Gras / Grass (detail) | 2010 | paper, pen and ink, maranti wood | Selection of Afrikaans folk songs | 100 cm x 40 cm x 30 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Gras / Grass | 2010 | paper, pen and ink, maranti wood | Selection of Afrikaans folk songs | 100 cm x 40 cm x 30 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Land/Soundscape | 2009 | fabriano paper, sliceform construction | 28 cm x 100 cm x 10 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Puinhoop / Ruines (detail) | 2010 | fabriano paper | Collection of Love Poems in Afrikaans | 40 cm
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland
Stephan Erasmus: Hartland

biography

Stephan Erasmus

Stephan Erasmus

Born in South Africa
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa


Stephan Erasmus is a Johannesburg based artist, curator and lecturer. His work is held in various collections: The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Alexandria, Egypt, Johannesburg Art Gallery and ABSA collection, to name but a few. He has participated in countless group and solo exhibitions across the country.

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Stephan Erasmus: In the stars a love letter for her | 2007

Gallery image:  In the stars a love letter for her | 2007 | wood, vinyl, lettering, cotton thread digitally printed text on paper | size variable
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