Playful Geometry

Playful Geometry

Shapes have huge cultural value, and are some of the first bits of knowledge we acquire as human beings – helping us to identity and organise visual information. They are defined in broad categories depending on the number and length of edges, from triangles, quadrilaterals and pentagons to more complex sphere-shaped objects like cylinders and cones. Michael Oliver Love lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. His style is centred on an interest in organic lines and fluidity in nature, tapping into the intriguing flow between forms and the physical connection between landscapes and bodies. Ridged lines mark the slip faces of sand dunes, figures play within concentric circles, and rippling, asymmetrical pools of yellow are painted on walls. Love is also the founder of Pansy Magazine – a publication that dismantles the preconceived categories of masculinity and femininity.

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Image Credits:
1. Michael Oliver Love, Lemonade. Models: Tobi Oloko & Lebu Mlumkisi. Courtesy of the artist.
2. Michael Oliver Love, Rock Solid. Styling: Peter Georgiades Grooming: Sarah Whiteside. Models: Collins Blaise, Seid Mahamat, Aza Mhlana, Avies Newton & Osei Clinton. Courtesy of the artist.
3. Michael Oliver Love, Send To. Models: Pivot & Osei. Courtesy of the artist.
4. Michael Oliver Love, Embodiment.
Beauty: Michelle-Lee Collins. Models: Kitso Kgori & Lebu Mlumkisi. Courtesy of the artist.
5. Michael Oliver Love, Bananarama. Beauty: Sarah Whiteside. Model: Sethu Matanga. Courtesy of the artist.
6. Michael Oliver Love, Smile. Model: Toudry Wangi. Courtesy of the artist.
7. Michael Oliver Love, Red Flesh. Model: Anilton Cabral. Courtesy of the artist.
8. Michael Oliver Love, Maroon in Motion. Model: Oliver Roslee. Courtesy of the artist.
9. Michael Oliver Love, Shapes in Nature 01. Courtesy of the artist.