Founded on a intimate understanding of paint expression and the construction of three dimensional sculptural works, Jeans pieces explores the relationship between the the physcology of the self expression, the construct of the work and the individual onlooker.
Using a variety of media including sand ochre, industrial paints, cement, wood, industrial metals he situates his work as a contemporary extension of himself and the visual impact he has on the landscape and onlooker as a human act of creating something that does not exist and has never seen before. All the works created comes from emotional base, grounded as a visceral act of creation withinhis canton of experiences and his minimal approach to artistic life and art aesthetic. This mindset has assisted him thru time and has become his ethos, his work is uniquely recognisable as is own and as a scholar of abstraction to his core. Du Plessis has been exhibiting internationally and is currently represented by Art Collector and Gallerist based in Brussels, Belgium. With group and solo exhibitions in Cape Town and Johannesburg his work is also part of the Listed Redefine Property Group collection in Rosebank, Johannesburg. DU PLESSIS’S SHOWS INCLUDE EXHIBITIONS HELD BY THE ARTIST AT: The Space, Hamburg, Germany 1990 Caam Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2013 Caam Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2014 Caam Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2015 Hazard Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 2016 Hazard Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 2017 Turbine Art Fair, Kalashnikow Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa 2017 Hazard Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 2018 Intoto Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 2019 Kunstraum Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2020 Kunstraum Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2022 Kunstraum Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2023 Galler 1, Hamburg, Germany 2024 Schloss Osterwald, Stuttgart, Germany 2024 Artis Propera Ltd, Mauritius, 2024