Biography
Lynette Bester explores the materiality, meaning and gathering of objects in predominantly sculptural pieces. She explores how meaning can be challenged by subjecting the object to a process which not only physically challenges it , but also de-contextualizes the object. Recently she has been interested in how meaning is altered by acknowledging from where an object comes and strives to make that part of the work. She aims to expose the ordinary experience. In her third and most recent solo exhibition, Stalking the Familiar, 2010, she explores the concept of artist as scavenger or gleaner, gathering objects/material, by depending on social networking. She aims to challenge not only the object, but the idea of the
artist as isolated genius and invites others not only to view but to participate in the process. The viewer may not only recognize the object, but also their own contribution or baring on the object.
