
Invisible
Boundaries
Solo Exhibition
Van Rensburg Galleries
New York, USA
1 March - 20 March 2019
Invisible Boundaries presents a series of eight paintings that examine the limits, both internal and external, that shape perception and decision-making. Through her use of layered painting, fluorescent pigments and phosphorescent materials, Veronica Green constructs works that shift between distinct visual states, activated by changing conditions of light.
In natural light, the paintings appear as expansive, atmospheric landscapes. Under ultraviolet light and in darkness, concealed elements emerge, disrupting the initial reading and introducing alternate spatial and symbolic structures. This transformation destabilises fixed interpretation, positioning perception as fluid rather than absolute.
Recurring imagery of children appears throughout the works, not as narrative subjects, but as symbolic figures operating outside imposed systems of constraint. Their presence introduces a counterpoint to the constructed environments, suggesting a mode of perception that exists prior to categorisation or limitation.
Rather than presenting boundaries as fixed, the exhibition situates them as perceptual constructs, formed, reinforced and, at times, dissolved through shifts in awareness. In this way, Invisible Boundaries becomes an exploration of how meaning is continuously negotiated between what is visible and what remains hidden.





