“ARCHIVES” SOLO EXHIBITION at THE TEST KITCHEN

29 March - November 2021

Woodstock Biscuit Mill, Cape Town

PRESS RELEASE 2021

The Test Kitchen introduces a show of new artwork “ARCHIVES” by Michael Beckurts.

Michael Beckurts is a fine artist and third year design student at the Cape Town Creative Academy in Woodstock, Cape Town.

In Michael’s words, “These works draw  on memories of places, feelings and states of being.”

His mental archives contrast light and dark values in spaces, familiar, yet from a unique perspective. They evoke a strong sense of emotion which is achieved through the use of watercolour, charcoal and coffee. “Watercolour is delicate and unpredictable. Coffee is warm and earthy. Charcoal is raw and imperfect.”    

He has captured vistas of live music nights, evening farm road walks and family gatherings. Michael has a personal connection to the milieu in all his paintings. They are rendered in their simplest form to reveal their essence. Michael's artworks are drawn solely from memory.