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Peter Sibanda
Peter Sibanda is so literal and exact that this becomes his strength and signature. Graduate of the Open Window Art Academy, his glossy, lush, detailed paintings depict woman, mostly black, in surroundings so opulent as to be positively palatial. With colour so rich, intense and glowing that it seems more Technicolor than pigment, with meticulous detail and hallucinatory finish, these works are a species of Grand Kitsch. (For more information, www.art.co.za) |
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Zondi Skosana
Zondi Skosana, with a degree from the Technikon Pretoria (now TUT), has a penetrating insight into a less public and more personal aspect of black identity: the rural roots, deprived background and strong family bonds shared by many. But these are not clichéd or predictable paintings, not ‘township’, ‘transitional’ or ‘protest’ art. They are childhood memories, social commentary, dreams of family and even nostalgia for a vanishing lifestyle, but translated into authenticity by a sophisticated eye and a sure hand. (For more information, www.art.co.za)
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Andre Naude
Andre Naude has been painting, educating, printmaking, collaborating, judging national art competitions, curating, and spending time abroad for at least three decades.
These ventures have included group shows in America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. This includes New York, Washington, Toronto, Paris, Hamburg, Leverkussen, Ribevac, Barcelona, Budapest, Bangladesh, and Beijing.
Naude has presented solo shows at the Pretoria Art Museum, the University of Pretoria, AVA Gallery Cape Town, NSA Gallery Durban, the University of Johannesburg art gallery, ABSA gallery and Galeria Blau in Palma, Majorca.
Underneath the decorative, visceral, sensual and tactile surface of Andre’s painted surfaces lies a darker side to his reality as a South African. Dark humor, satire, and parody are directed toward the social norms of living in Pretoria. (For more information, www.art.co.za)
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Jill Trappler
South African artist Jill Trappler was born in 1957 in Benoni and studied at the Johannesburg Art Foundation. A weaver by profession, she is known for her vivid abstract paintings, strong commitment to artists’ development and socially engaged arts projects. She was involved in founding and running many influential contemporary art initiatives in South Africa including Thupelo Workshops, Greatmore Studios and Bag Factory Studios. She is currently on the Board of the National Arts Council. (for more information, www.jilltrappler.co.za www.greatmoreart.org) |
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