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State of the World Series
In Oil on Canvas, 2025
A visual sonata echoing the condition of our world today — created in dialogue with classical works by Beethoven and Mozart, balancing disciplined form with expressive freedom.
Johan Vlok Louw’s abstract series of six oil paintings — with more works on the way — reflects on shifting power structures, human consciousness, and the forces shaping contemporary life.
Art is not merely seen — it is experienced within the innermost soul: sensed, contemplated, and ultimately transformative.
These expressionistic works synthesise classical oil techniques and modern abstraction, combining meticulous Old Master layering with luminous colour and tactile depth.
ELON
Ambition stretching beyond the boundaries of earth and self.
1.2 m x 90 cm
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POWERFUL (H)AIR
The fleeting gesture of dominance, suspended in its own display.
1 m x 75 cm
WORD BULLETS
Where speech fires — truth moves nations.
75 cm x 1 m
AMBITION
Echoes of obsolete leadership.
1 m x 75 cm
AI IN LOVE
Intimacy and emotion in the age of artificial intelligence.
1 m x 75 cm
CONSCIENCE
The quiet return — where awareness deepens, and the invisible.
1.2 m x 90 cm
PDF portfolio available here.
