{"id":186,"date":"2023-03-18T13:25:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T13:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nandos.com\/seeourfuture\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2023-04-19T11:44:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T11:44:52","slug":"abstraction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nandos.com\/seeourfuture\/explore-the-work\/abstraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Abstraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-pihqa-9efd3a702175b59c78093d71d2694c0c alternate_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-186'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-lblmq-93e256a484d3c37f457ec380cc15b13a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  text-center first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfjmu9n8-df90470c5b93278b4cd336320a6f1396\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lfjmu9n8-df90470c5b93278b4cd336320a6f1396 .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:left;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfjmu9n8-df90470c5b93278b4cd336320a6f1396 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='av-desktop-hide av-medium-hide avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>EXPLORE THE WORK<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfe04ums-e543e2547b4b575bce2aa73926800594\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lfe04ums-e543e2547b4b575bce2aa73926800594{\npadding-bottom:0;\nfont-size:60px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lfe04ums-e543e2547b4b575bce2aa73926800594 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lfe04ums-e543e2547b4b575bce2aa73926800594 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:60px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lfe04ums-e543e2547b4b575bce2aa73926800594 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lfe04ums-e543e2547b4b575bce2aa73926800594 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:45px;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lfe04ums-e543e2547b4b575bce2aa73926800594 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:45px;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lfe04ums-e543e2547b4b575bce2aa73926800594 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  block-content black nandos-title word-title av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Abstraction<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-hoa0a-2c461b787d91d0d04599756afc9544d2 main_color avia-section-huge avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-186'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-lgcaw4ny-61febd208f1182c39f4955fccf118cc5 sc-av_one_fifth av-break-at-tablet-flextable av-equal-height-column-flextable'><div  class='flex_column av-lgcaw4ny-61febd208f1182c39f4955fccf118cc5 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  w-10 first no_margin av-break-at-tablet flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top av-hide-on-mobile  '     ><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-gidiq-691a060b39acca70ed5936ddbc9f071e av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  no_margin av-break-at-tablet flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lgcaxgr7-57617f91319e936a2be7f5c7450ce2ff '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock show-once'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Abstraction frees art from a truthful portrayal of a visual reality. Instead, it utilizes shapes, colors, forms and gestural mark-making to achieve its effect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Take, for example, the 1948 \u201cStill Life\u201d painting by Christo Coetzee, whose fractured geometric lines and tilted perspective convey an emotional state. We can traverse Samson Mnisi\u2019s dreamy green landscape framed by a blue sky and brown earth, while his trademark crosses and linear symbols link us to his family\u2019s lineage of healers who themselves used these symbols to connect the past with the present. Sandile Zulu employs both the generative and destructive qualities of fire in works on canvas and paper that create harmonious biomorphic forms. He states \u201cfrom one source, one genome, we are not different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The work in this gallery invites you to see our world, and worlds beyond, from a new perspective. 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