SEPTEMBER SELECTION 2023
BEEZY BAILEY, Peaceman
Bronze, 118 x 16 x 49 cm
Beezy Bailey’s Peaceman (medium) cast in bronze with an indigo patina. One of South Africa’s leading artists, Bailey’s eclectic and effervescent approach to art has attracted a stellar list of collaborators, including David Bowie, Brian Eno and Dave Matthews. His is a storybook career that included early encounters with Andy Warhol, which was to inspire Bailey’s own Cape Town version of The Factory. Bailey aspires to create art as a balm for a mad world – a corrective for our most lamentable human qualities – and in this spirit his serene Peaceman, eyes closed and palm open, offers a symbol of peace to the world.
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LORIENNE LOTZ, Lay down your arms
Oil and charcoal on canvas, 100 x 120 cm
LORIENNE LOTZ, The public 'mon cher' is stupid (after Daumier)
Oil and charcoal on canvas, 140 x 140 cm
LUCINDA MUDGE, Another Angry Mob
Glazed ceramic, gold lustre, 52 cm
ANGUS TAYLOR, Deep Remembrance
Bronze and black banded chert, 122 x 45 x 33 cm
"You can only write poetry in a language you know."
– Angus Taylor
Angus Taylor is known for his powerful, often monumental, sculptural works made from materials from his immediate environment – Belfast granite, red Jasper and the orange earth found near Johannesburg. Although he references traditional South African crafting techniques, his works are unmistakably contemporary. Taylor’s craftsmanship, bold and visionary approach and his original use of materials has resulted in many ambitious public and private commissions around the world.
Angus Taylor’s formidable knowledge of and affinity with stone and metals runs deep, fueled by endless research, experimentation and grappling with ancient materials – and by fiery processes in his foundry.
ANGUS TAYLOR, Entangled Head: Layered
Bronze and various stone: Green Quartz, Bloodstone, Dolomite, Hematite, Belfast Granite and Grey Chert, 67 x 31 x 19 cm
Angus Taylor is one of South Africa’s foremost sculptors and is known for his powerful, sculptural works made from materials from his immediate environment – Belfast granite, red Jasper and the orange earth found near Johannesburg. Although he references traditional South African crafting techniques, his works are unmistakably contemporary. Taylor’s craftsmanship, bold and visionary approach and his original use of materials has
resulted in many ambitious public and private commissions around the world.
In 1997, Taylor established Dionysus Sculpture Works, a studio and workshop combining all aspects of sculpture production: from conceptualisation to clay modelling, carving to casting. He casts his own and other prominent sculptors’ work including Deborah Bell, Norman Catherine and Sam Nhlenghthwa, and also nurtures the talent of young and developing artists.
In addition to numerous solo and group exhibitions in South Africa and internationally, Taylor is actively involved in national and local government as well as private sector large-scale commissions. These include the Solomon Mahlangu statue in Mamelodi (Pretoria), the statue of Chief Tshwane in front of the Pretoria City Hall as well as the work commemorating South African anti-apartheid Afropop singer, Brenda Fassie, in Newtown, Johannesburg.
ANGUS TAYLOR, Rejecting Transcendence II
Bronze and basalt, 58 x 28 x 23 cm
ANGUS TAYLOR, Te Midde
Bronze, 97 x 31 x 24 cm
BARBARA WILDENBOER, Pears Cyclopedia
Altered book (hand cut), 54 x 51 cm
Barbara Wildenboer is a South African artist who uses a combination of analog and digital processes to create work that mostly consists of collage, photo-and-paper construction, installation, digitally animated collage works, and book arts.
Her trademark ‘altered books’ function as narrative clues, intertexts or ‘subtitles’ accompanying the other works, referring to subject matter ranging from ancient history, archaeology and fractal geometry to psychoanalysis.
The altered book series 'Library of the Infinitesimally Small' and 'Unimaginable Large' (2011–present) was inspired by a short story by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges titled The Library of Babel. In this large-scale ongoing project she uses the library as a metaphor for the universe.
Barbara Wildenboer’s altered books breathe renewed life into previously prized objects that are disappearing into obsolescence in our digital age.
Barbara Wildenboer uses a combination of analogue and digital processes to create sculptural artworks that consist of collage, photo and paper-construction as well as digitally animated photographic sculpture. Wildenboer also creates delicately-cut altered books which often contain maps, atlases and scientific subject matter, sometimes using images from the book as central elements to her pieces. Imagery and words become components of the larger designs, as she crafts new visual narratives from the raw material.
Specialists in contemporary art from South Africa. Established in 1913. South African artists are part of the global conversation. We seek to make their voices heard.