In the National Art Gallery of Namibia's upper room, there is a glass jar collection of moths, buck bone, crab foot, seed pods and tree bark
Looking carefully at Lynette Diergaardt's 'Namibian Identity Through Textiles', her solo exhibition currently on display, one can also find these items on the walls. In the vivid selection of textiles inspired by various biological organisms available in the textile and fibre artist's environment. Featuring the latest prints in Diergaardt's search for Namibian identity through the elements of art - pattern,repetition, colour and visual texture - the exhibition expounds on her methodology.
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