Seated Figure (Quiet Study) 2026 exemplifies Quiet / Silent Monumentalism — a practice of stillness, inward presence, and sculptural restraint in contemporary figurative art.
This work forms part of an ongoing exploration into Quiet / Silent Monumentalism — a visual language grounded in stillness, restraint, and presence.
Seated Figure (Quiet Study)
Digital sketch (study)
Quiet / Silent Monumentalism
Pieter Lategan 4 January 2026 Pretoria, South Africa
Seated Figure (Quiet Study)
This work forms part of an ongoing exploration into Quiet / Silent Monumentalism — a visual language grounded in stillness, restraint, and presence.
The figure is seated, inward, and weighted.
There is no gesture, no narrative, no performance.
Nothing is explained. Nothing is demanded.
The body carries the image, not expression.
This work resists spectacle.
It does not illustrate emotion — it contains it.
Quiet Monumentalism is not about absence.
It is about holding.
Here, silence functions as structure.
Stillness becomes authority.
The figure occupies space with gravity rather than declaration.
The muted palette, soft diffused light, and minimal environment are intentional.
Anything that speaks too loudly is removed.
This work is not asking to be understood quickly.
It is asking to be sat with.
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