
27/10/2023
in mixed media on MDF available for sale. Email [email protected] to enquire.
Regan Kapp (1981 - ) after living in Cape for many years, is back in his hometown of Johannesburg
We facilitate opportunities for artist career development via, among others, The Creative Block and Q
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Spier Arts Trust values the cultural contribution of art to South Africaโs creative economy. Our purpose is to facilitate successful art careers by enabling freedom of creative expression with the potential for social transformation. Our business model is one of shared value; our patron partners are committed in a long term strategy to realise economic business goals while doing good in society. W
e build significant art collections for our patron partners through the administration of an ecosystem of career development opportunities for fine artists. These include, among others, The Creative Block and Qaqambile Bead Studio.
in mixed media on MDF available for sale. Email [email protected] to enquire.
Regan Kapp (1981 - ) after living in Cape for many years, is back in his hometown of Johannesburg
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฉ
๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ (c.2005) by ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ
Acrylic on board
340 x 340 mm
Creative Block, Nandoโs UK Collection
When did you last update your CV?
Itโs important to keep your CV up to date, especially if you have been exhibiting for a few years.
Accolades, awards and solo shows are important aspects to include in an artistโs CV. Links to articles and media mentions should be live, so that the person reading your CV doesnโt get frustrated trying to source the references. To avoid this frustration, it is a good idea to save additional material as PDFs and link them to your own website.
Another helpful tip: include sections that specifically emphasize art fair participation, public commissions, workshops you may have led and mention galleries that represent you / have represented you.
References:
www.artworkarchive.com
๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ (2014) by ๐ผ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐๐ฏ๐
Oil on canvas
1500 x 1500 mm
Nandoโs USA Collection
Located directly at Town Centerโs Fountain Plaza, Nandoโs Virgina Beach restaurant, USA, features artwork and design from South Africa. Visit the restaurant to view Alfred Budazaโs (1971 -) piece on display made in 2014. Encouraged from an early age by a creative family, Budaza combines the techniques of wood carving and oil painting to create contemplative abstract works. Drawing on the South African landscape for his distinctive colour palette, he often works in rich reds and browns. He also makes social and cultural comments on the people around him by including certain figurative elements in his work. A lover of people and music, he is of the belief that unification can lead to greatness.
Budaza lives and works in Philippi, Cape Town. Until 1992 he was a part-time student at the Community Arts Project (CAP) which provided facilities and training in the arts for artists who were marginalised under apartheid. Budaza was also enrolled at the Sivuyile Technical College in Gugulethu up to 1994 and has been involved in Thupelo International workshops. In 2005 he obtained a Merit Award in the Carol Boyes Men Designer Search. He has participated in several exhibitions like Ukhanyo Heritage Route at the Nyanga Arts Development Centre in Cape Town (2010), the Summer Art Festival curated by Rossouw Modern, Hermanus (2021) and Verdigris at Gallery University Stellenbosch (2021). Budazaโs work appears in the Nandoโs, Spier and Hollard corporate collections.
in oil on MDF available for sale. Email [email protected] to enquire.
James Delaney (1971 - ) born in Cape Town, currently works from a studio in Victoria Yards, near downtown Johannesburg
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐: ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐๐๐ง๐จ (2023) by ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐
Charcoal monotype on paper
500 x 660 mm
Spier Arts Trust Collection
โDonโt make writing a big deal. You already know how to write! Youโve been writing things your whole life โ even if theyโre just Post-it notes.โ โ Jerry Saltz
Writing an artist statement can be daunting. To articulate your process without instructing the viewer what to think or feel can be challenging. Viewers will inevitably have their own response and reactions to your work and they will have questions. Think of your statement being information they can read if you are not there to answer questions. It gives them more information about what you have created.
No longer than two to five paragraphs, it is a good idea to write in simple, straightforward language. This allows people who arenโt necessarily immersed in the artworld to engage with your work.
Some helpful questions to ask yourself while writing a bio: what does my work mean to me? What materials do I use and why? What is my process? Who and what inspires me? What does my work represent?
Reference:
L. Congdon (2014) Art Inc. The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist, Chronicle Books.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ (2014) by ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ถ ๐๐๐บ
Oil on canvas
1750 x 1750 mm
Nandoโs USA Collection
Mongezi Gum (1970 -) believes that art can be an opportunity for different cultures to come together, to explore and share their unique traditions. Inspired by his environment, he frequently juxtaposes aspects of traditional African society and contemporary life in township in his work. With his broad confident brushstrokes and rich use of brilliant, often contrasting colour, Mongezi creates art that is uplifting, sensuous, immediate and resonating with energy. His preferred mediums are pastels, acrylics and oils.
Born in Langa, , Mongezi completed a three-year course in painting, drawing, sculpting and printmaking at the Johannesburg Art Foundation in 1994. Since returning to live and work in Cape Town, he has participated in several solo and group exhibitions as well as various workshops. In 2000 he received the most promising upcoming young artist award from Truworths and in 2002 he was a finalist in a competition for new talent organised by Sanlam.
Mongezi is passionate about building his community and is a member of the Ubunthu Youth Development programme, where heโs worked on a number of murals to better the environment.
come and see Nkosinathi Quwe
12-15 October 2023, sponsored by Nandoโs UK
Nkosinathi Quwe (1981 -) sees his art as a calling. He is a visual messenger: โI create art to connect to people. I see myself as a storyteller, telling stories that have been told before but Iโm telling them in my own way. It is a very old conversation, it has elements of the new (and I come with the new) but the messages are ancient.โ
His inspiration comes from religious rituals, listening to jazz and from South Africaโs troubled past where he feels it is his duty to address these ills and injustices through his work. Nkosinathi paints on different surfaces, working primarily on canvas but also on fabric where he works with a fashion label. He is a spiritual person and to him it is important that we embrace who we are.
๐๐จโ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ (๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ก๐) (2023) by ๐ก๐ธ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ ๐ค๐๐๐ฒ
Oil on canvas
760 x 760mm
come and see Colijn Strydom
12-15 October 2023, sponsored by Nandoโs UK
Colijn Strydom (1979 -) is a lecturer and a performance and visual artist. His mediums include charcoal, ink, acrylic paint, ceramics and animation. He describes his practice as focused on drawing but does extend to painting, photography and performance.
Colijnโs subject matter is varied - yet he is known to find inspiration in poetry, history, folktales and legends. Through his art he often explores themes of irony and self-consciousness, including interrogation with his own gender and Afrikaner identity.
โI am fascinated and a bit terrified by the wide-ranging repercussions that an individualโs often quite idiosyncratic viewpoints can have. Spirituality, although often public, can also be a very private realm. It can form either a conduit for resistance to dominant ideologies, or a space where dangerous ideas can festerโ โ Colijn Strydom.
๐๐๐ ๐ค๐จ: ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ (2023) by ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ท๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ
Acrylic ink and paint on board
500 x 400 mm
come and see Vivien Kohler
12-15 October 2023, sponsored by Nandoโs UK
Vivien Kohler (1976 - ) enjoys productive experimentation and has recently started constructing two and three-dimensional works from discarded material. In post- apartheid South Africa, Vivienโs work is often a layered visual metaphor demonstrating migration, marginalisation, excess and waste, but in a refreshing manner. He explores challenging economic and social issues and is fascinated by peopleโs resilience and ability to overcome obstacles. As he attempts to make sense of the city he lives in, his art aims to show that a positive mindset and outcome is possible.
โI am fascinated both by the ability of the human spirit to transcend the conceptual decay, and the unique liminality of the post-apartheid South African city. My works illuminate the contrasts of lived experiences by showing people mentally cocooned from, yet physically enveloped by, lifeโs detritus. These works become representations of the internal rather than the external. We use various means to access this inner world of aspirational desire; music and art transports us, even if momentarily, to the world we are striving towardโ โ Vivien Kohler.
๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ (2023) by ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ
Found objects, oil and spray paint on canvas
1100 x 1150mm
in oil on MDF available for sale. Email [email protected] to enquire.
Xolile Mtakatya (1968 - ) was born in Gugulethu and currently living in Khayelitsha, Western Cape
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐: ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ
๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ (2020) by ๐ซ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ
Oil on canvas
910 x 700 mm
Spier Arts Trust Collection
Staring at a blank page, trying to condense your art career into a paragraph or two is rather difficult. Wouldnโt it be great if our work spoke for itself and that is all we needed to do?
As artists, while our work can convey a great deal without using words, a well-crafted bio that is useful to orientate viewers with your work can help develop a more in-depth picture of who you are as an artist, including your background, motivations and accomplishments.
In an article featured on Arsty.net called โWhat We Learned from Writing 7,000 Artist Biosโ these three cornerstones are cited as โtried, tested and used today by our writers at Artsyโ to construct the perfect artist bio:
- it should summarize the artistโs practiceโincluding medium(s), themes, techniques, and influences,
- it should open with a first line that encapsulates what is most significant about the artist and their work, rather than opening with biographical tidbits. For example: John Chamberlain is best known for his twisting sculptures made from scrap metal and banged up, discarded automobile parts and other industrial detritus;
- it should include a profile between 80 and 140 words. Ideally a bio is ~120 words, though a tightly written 80-word bio is preferable to a longer bio, that includes repetition and filler sentences.โ
Reference:
L. Congdon (2014) Art Inc. The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist, Chronicle Books.
www.artsy.net
๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ (2015) by ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐-๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
2580 x 5490 mm
Nandoโs USA Collection
The two-story Nandoโs Naperville restaurant (2016) is one of Nando's largest in the U.S. During opening weekend, Nando's donated 100% of all sales to support the arts at Naperville North High School and Naperville Central High School.
Restaurant design by , this artwork by Kilmany-Jo Liversage (1973 - ) was selected from the Nandoโs USA Collection to feature at the entrance and visible from the outside.
Kilmany-Jo studied at the Free State Technikon in South Africa, where she graduated with a distinction in Painting and a BTech in Fine Arts. Today she lives and works in Cape Town, where she creates graffiti-style portraits using spray paint, acrylics and mixed media. She draws inspiration from street culture and sources portrait images from mass media and social networks.
If youโre in , go and see Kilmanyโs Portra14 on show until 22 October 2023
If You Look Hard Enough, You Can See Our Future
Selections of Contemporary South African Art from the Nandoโs Art Collection
โNandoโs, being so international can show the rest of the world what artists do in South Africa.โ โ Kilmany-Jo Liversage.
in mixed media on MDF available for sale. Email [email protected] to enquire.
Zolani Siphungela (1986 - ) was born in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape and is currently living and working in Cape Town
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐: ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐
๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ (2020) by ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐
Mixed media on board
900 x 600 mm
Spier Arts Trust Collection
Buyers are often asking for a Certificate of Authenticity. Sending out certificates with every work you sell isnโt hard and takes almost no time.
The main elements of a certificate of authenticity are: image of the artwork, name of the artist, title of the work, year/s it was made, technique/material, dimensions, statement of authenticity, limited edition number if limited, signature and date.
The main goal of a certificate of authenticity in art is to prove that the author of the artwork โ which confirms that it's not a forgery. As the author, you will be ensuring that the artwork is made by you and that it's not allegedly made by another artist. As the artwork is proven to be authentic, its value increases. Should your buyer want to resell an art piece or insure it, a certificate of authenticity helps to assess the current and future value of the artwork. It can actually make the artwork easier to sell. A certificate of authenticity is a highly regarded and accepted way to verify an artwork. When an artistโs career takes off and the artwork ends up being resold several times, it helps collectors to trace the pieceโs history and proves itโs an original.
References:
www.tonesgallery.com
M.Resch (2021) How to become a successful Artist, Phaidon
๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ (2005) by ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐
Oil on canvas
1800 x 3000 mm
Nandoโs USA Collection
Nandoโs PERi-PERi made its U.S. debut in 2008 with the opening of its first location on 7th Street in the Chinatown neighbourhood in Washington, DC.
This oversized portrait by Mustafa Maluka dominates the back wall of Nandoโs Laurel that opened in 2014 in Maryland, USA.
The restaurantโs design includes a dramatic suspended lighting sculpture made from woven baskets and features handmade tiles, a beaded-wood Abacus screen and a 15-foot / 4.6 m communal table.
Mustafa Maluka (1976) lives and works in Turku, Finland. He is known for his portraits. Born in 1976 in Cape Town, Mustafa studied at the De Ateliers, Post-Graduate Art Institute in Amsterdam and at the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam. He has lived in Amsterdam, Berlin, and New York.
Mustafa describes himself as a โbio-artist, cultural analyst, ethical hacker, global citizen, and Ph.D. dropout.โ He is celebrated for his large-scale portraits with bold expressions that expose profound and collective truths regarding survival and confrontation. Drawing inspiration from his familyโs forceful displacement during Apartheid and his childhood growing up in the Cape Flats, the artist explores themes of migration and human emotion, and occasions of overlap with the worlds of fashion and popular culture. To discuss the erasure of immigrant identities, he paints his portraits with a sense of ambiguity and uncertainty, suggesting a transnational identity.
Mustafa writes about his work: โI think what Iโm looking for is the โin betweenโโฆAn identity which defies the usual specificity prescribed by geographic and cultural borders. Basically the multidimensionality of the human experience.โ
Happy Heritage Celebration, !
Heritage Day is celebrated on 24 September each year, recognising and celebrating the cultural wealth of our nation.
in mixed media on MDF available for sale. Email [email protected] to enquire.
Selvin November (1969 - ) was born and still lives and works in Cape Town
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐: ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐
๐๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ 1 (2022) by ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ
Mixed media on canvas
600 x 600 mm
Spier Arts Trust Collection
Why should you take time away from making art to create an art inventory? Maintaining an inventory is a way of keeping track of your art - to know where it is, who has purchased it from you and to know what you have available for sale. Itโs important to keep track of the names of buyers so that you can stay in contact with them, to continue good relationships and work on potential future sales.
It helps to have an inventory to decide what can go on exhibit (whether you still own the artwork or it has been sold) โ itโs a great way to communicate what is available for curators and gallery owners. By having an inventory, you also become disciplined in visually documenting your artworks; keeping track of your past, present and future art; and a way of tracking pricing.
Your inventory may be the basis for a comprehensive catalogue at some point. Important information for your inventory include: image, item number, year of completion, title, medium, edition number, dimensions, location, exhibition history, price and past prices, framing, production costs, status (sold/not for sale/ loaned/ donated/ on consignment), sale information (who sold it, for how much, who was interested) and any other useful notes.
References:
www.artiststrong.com
M.Resch (2021) How to become a successful Artist, Phaidon
๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ (2016) by ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต
Hand cut stone on board
1400 x 1400 mm
Nandoโs USA Collection
opened in Texas for the first time on August 7th 2023, in the Post Oak Plaza Shopping Center . The opening coincided with the exhibition ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, Selections of Contemporary South African Art from the Nandoโs Collection, currently on show at the African American Museum, 3536 Grand Avenue, Dallas, until October 22nd, 2023.
The restaurant was designed by and showcases an artwork by Marlise Keith (1972 - ), known for mixed media collages, large-scale drawings in pencil, ink and acrylic as well as small sculptures of fabric, embroidery and found objects.
Though her body of work is diverse, Marliseโs style is identifiable in her idiosyncratic use of personal symbolism. Her imagery is inspired by all the strange, unexpected messiness of being human. This choice of subject matter gives her work a surreal quality, which is heightened by a playful use of colour and the juxtaposing of abstract elements with the figurative.
Marlise has collaborated extensively with the mosaic studio, where she also filled a role as educator until the Academy closed in 2020. The studio continues with commissions and fine art collaborations, now under .
in mixed media on MDF available for sale. Email [email protected] to enquire.
Madeleine van Manen (1966 - ) lives and works in Cape Town
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐: ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ (2021) by ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป
Charcoal, gouache paint, oil pastels on canvas
995 x 995 mm
Spier Arts Trust Collection
Good documentation of artwork is important, because it may be viewed far more than your actual pieces - especially if you showcase the work online and apply for shows, grants and residencies. If the documentation doesnโt do justice to your artwork, then it can reflect negatively on your practice.
If you donโt have access to a professional artwork photographer, do it yourself! You donโt need expensive or fancy equipment; using a cell phone or point and shoot camera can do the trick as long as you have enough light and a steady hand. Setting up your artwork to be captured is key; use neutral backdrops, simple editing programs and flat backgrounds to complement your type of artwork.
Find this link to see a step-by-step resource, helping you to set-up, take the photos, scan, edit, crop and format files:
https://www.livingartistscollective.com/blog/how-to-document-your-artwork
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ (2017) by ๐ญ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ
Oil on canvas
650 x 450 mm
Nandoโs USA Collection
Zemba Musiri Luzamba (1973 - ) was born and raised in the conflict-ridden Democratic Republic of Congo.
Zemba studied Fine Art in Lusaka, Zambia at the Evelyn Hone College of Applied Art, where he graduated in 1994. He moved to South Africa in the 90โs and today he lives in Cape Town.
His work shows a positive, post-colonial in which he creates scenes of formally dressed African people taking part in traditionally Western leisure activities - playing tennis, eating in a restaurant or dancing. He says this frees his mind from the hardships of reality.
In his homeland, Zemba witnessed politics playing out on official platforms and in the daily lives of ordinary people. The 1990s unbanning of the suit and tie in the DRCโ of Western cultural influence โ as the regimeโs gesture towards democracy, caused an overnight scene change in the homes and streets of civilians. Suddenly, men were proudly donning smart attire and accessories, which had long been hidden in closets. This speaks to an incredible tradition in the DRC of creative and considered fashion as an act of self-determination, aspiration in an oppressive, impoverished environment, and even of defiance in the face of corrupt, stifling politics.
Zembaโs artworks have been exhibited in solo and group shows, both in South Africa and abroad and have been included in several corporate and private collections in South Africa, Italy, America and the UK. Nandoโs invited Zemba as one of the artists to participate at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London (2018).
in oil on MDF available for sale. Email [email protected] to enquire.
Sello Letswalo (1993 - ) was born in Limpopo , and is currently practicing from his studio in Alexandra, Johannesburg.
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐: ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ (2019) by ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ผ
Mixed media on steel
565 x 565mm
Spier Arts Trust Collection
If you aspire to be a professional artist while holding down a full-time job or raising a family, the thought of making time for art can feel like a luxury or an overwhelming addition to your schedule. Youโll have to genuinely embrace the fact that your life might feel full for a while and that carving out time for art will require some discipline.
How to find time for art? Schedule time in your diary, incorporate art into your social activities, reduce screen time, delegate chores, take a journal everywhere you go, take an art class.
Sometimes it takes to establish boundaries, to make time for artmaking and to value it as a priority: โCourage is a desperate gamble that will place you in the arms of the creative angels.โ - Jerry Saltz
References:
J.Saltz (2020) How to be an Artist, Ilex
L. Congdon (2014) Art Inc. The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist, Chronicle Books.
๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ (2017) by ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ผ
Mixed Media on canvas
1520 x 1215 mm
Nandoโs USA Collection
In April 2018, celebrated its opening at Pike & Rose (North Bethesda, Maryland), by donating 100% of sales that day to support the music program at Walter Johnson High School. Student performers from the school made appearances throughout the day at Nandoโs grand opening.
Walter Johnson High School serves more than 2,200 students from parts of Bethesda, Rockville, Garret Park and Kensington. The high school boasts a variety of musical groups, both instrumental and choral, including a wind ensemble, a symphonic orchestra, and a choir.
The space was designed by .design, featuring bold African colours and includes a striking portrait by South African artist Dion Cupido.
Born in Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, Dion Cupido (1973 -) is largely self-trained. He majored in drawing from the Cape Technical College where he studied Computer Graphics. He then joined the Arts and Media Access Centreโs (AMAC) professional development programme (2003). In 2015, Dion was shortlisted for the Sanlam Portrait Award.
Dion began his artistic career as a teenager doing graffiti on walls in his neighbourhood. His work is still influenced by street art and is a combination of abstraction and portraiture. His style is bold and confident, and he mostly makes use of oil paint and industrial ink. He uses a combination of abstraction and portraiture, drawing on street art techniques to explore ideas of memory and identity.
in rubber on MDF available for sale. Email [email protected] to enquire.
Patrick Bongoy (1980 - ) was born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and is currently living and working in
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐: ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ (2018) by ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ผ๐
Rubber on canvas
1000 x 1000 mm
Spier Arts Trust Collection
Provenance is, simply put, an artworkโs history of ownership and record of public exhibition. Start to record your workโs provenance now, as this information may get lost over time. Provenance not only matters to you, but also to your collectors and future collectors who may require this for investment and valuation purposes. Make sure to keep track of both the physical and the informational aspects of your works, as they are essential to building your artistic legacy.
โThe objects people value convey notions of cultural identity as it changes over time, and act as reminders of our collective humanityโฆ. I also think it is through close examination of the [artwork] itself and through often overlooked aspects of provenance that we can find reasons to care and to ask new and different questions. Some of these may be: Whose life has the work touched, and whose has it made more difficult? Who had the power in each transfer, and why? And precisely whose cultural identity does the work convey?โ - Molly Boarati, Associate Curator, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
References:
www.artworkarchive.com
www.masterworks.com
www.nasher.duke.edu
๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ (2017) by ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ขโ๐๐น๐๐ป๐ป
Acrylic and spray paint canvas
1800 x 1400 mm
Nandoโs USA Collection
Norman OโFlynn (1971 -) is a versatile artist best known for his imposing, large-scale paintings and witty, intimate sculptures of carved stone or soft toy material. His work draws on a unique visual language ranging from referencing comic book superheroes to demi-gods, triumphant ballet dances and space-age fertility figures โ all employed in his satirical observation of society. Working with oil and acrylic paints, Normanโs surface of choice - plexiglass and Perspex - points to the tension of society that can be easily destroyed.
Norman currently lives and works in the Klein Karoo town Oudtshoorn. He obtained a BA Fine Art at the Michaelis School of Fine (1992). He has been a finalist for the ABSA LโAtelier competition (2004, 2055 & 2007), the Brett Kebble Art Award (2004), the Irma Stern Award for Excellence in Printmaking (1992). Normanโs works are held in private, corporate and museum collections around the world โ including, of course, the global Nandoโs collection!
in mixed media on MDF available for sale. Email [email protected] to enquire.
Mellaney Roberts (1988 - ) was born in Willowmore, Eastern Cape and is currently reading towards her PhD in Fine and Studio Arts at the Tshwane University of Technology
๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐: ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
๐ฝ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ - ๐พ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ฃ๐๐ #1 (2021) by ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐
Pins, found paper on Fabriano paper
1215 x 1015 mm
Spier Arts Trust Collection
Weโre back with our tips !
keeps you motivated because when you accomplish a goal, even if itโs starting your mailing list with just one contact, writing two lines in your journal or clearing your studio space to make new work, you can see progress and improvement.
Setting realistic goals can go a long way to keep you organised, motivated and on track. Start by writing down short- and long-term goals. This will make your aspirations more concrete. A flexible plan of action can also help you deal with the challenges of the present and visualise what you want in the future. The use of the term โflexibleโ is important since circumstances change so fast, both for artists and the way the world works.
Itโs a good reminder about what priorities you have chosen, and gives you a good way to check back and see how you are doing.
References:
www.gyst-ink.com (GYST-Ink is an artist-run company and art project by Karen Atkinson providing resources, technology and solutions created by artists for artists)
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๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก In 2020, ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ executed one #drawing of a prominent South African building, bridge or tower, every day. This project (RSA 365) was driven by an ambition to generate a publication that would plot out, chronologically, the architectural developments of cities, functioning almost as guides to explore them. The 365 drawings include #architectural landmarks in different cities in #SouthAfrica, revealing how the country developed and cities evolved. Gaylard visited most buildings and worked with photographic references, historical documentation of buildings, and combined this with studies of them via Google Earth. This multimedia approach allows Gaylard to understand the logic driving the design of an edifice, which he best tries to translate through his precise lines. โThis is an extensive collection of carefully crafted drawings. They are clear and precise and include buildings from across South Africa, from a variety of historical eras. This collection of drawings is a valuable historical marker of the South African urban landscapeโฆ Apart from the historical and architectural significance, it is rare that an artist dedicates so much time to a single project and does it so well. Artistically then, these are culturally important works.โ - Spier Arts chief curator, Tamlin Blake. The original 365 drawings, completed on A4 sized sheets of #Fabriano paper, are finely drawn with pencil, pen and copic markers and are now part of the #SpierArtCollection. They will culminate in a publication and had been on exhibition at #UnionHouse in #CapeTown from 17 Feb - 14 Apr 2022. It will now move, to be showcased at #SpierWineFarm in Stellenbosch from 12 May 2022. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ is a Joburg-based architect, #artist and #illustrator. He has a Master's degree in Architecture from Nelson Mandela University. In 2013 he launched
๐ก๐๐ก๐๐ขโ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก โ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ To celebrate its January 2017 grand opening at 1447 E. 53rd Street, Nandoโs โPeri Periโ South-African Portuguese restaurant commissioned a graffiti mural on the inside of their Hyde Park Restaurant. A fun fact: on the restaurantโs opening day, all sales proceeds were donated to a local high school, to help fund college visits for the students. By 2017 ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ had produced five murals for Nandoโs around the world, including restaurants located in Washington D.C., Chicago, Virginia, Canada and Dubai. The #artistโs work draws from street culture and strives to depict a universal sense of the familiar. ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข (2016) by ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ Mixed media on perforated metal panels 3040 x 8830 mm Produced on site and installed at Nandoโs Peri Peri Hyde Park, #Chicago, USA #SpierArtsTrust #visuallanguage #artandculture #contemporaryAfricanArt
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น Thanks to ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ท๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ for todayโs video; sharing his tips on the use of #graphite #pencil to create volume through shading. ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ท๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ is a lecturer and performance and visual #artist. He works in a variety of media to explore themes of irony and self-consciousness, including interrogation of his own masculine Afrikaner identity. Enjoy some of Colijnโs submissions for #CreativeBlockโฆ #SpierArtsTrust #visuallanguage #artandculture #contemporaryafricanart http://colijnstrydom.com/
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ธ Todayโs featured artist is ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ถ ๐ก๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ (1987 -). Mongezi typically presents #CreativeBlock work that reflects his #artistic practice; his preferred medium is #acrylic #drawing #ink, acrylic paint and fine liner. Born in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, he now lives and works as a professional artist in #Johannesburg. Mongezi is a participating #artist in Nandoโs Creative Exchange 2021. #SpierArtTrust #visuallanguage #artandculture #contemporaryafricanart Mongezi Ncombo Art Creations
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด Enjoy todayโs video, shared by #artist Takura Chadoka, who reveals his #screenprinting process. His #CreativeBlock artworks exemplify this process, which is derived from traditional stencilling. Born in the town of Chitungwiza (#Zimbabwe) in 1986, Takura moved to #CapeTown in 2006 where he currently lives and works. #SpierArtsTrust #visuallanguage #artandculture #contemporaryafricanart @takura.chadokaart www.chadokacreative.co.za
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ (1993 -) eloquently demonstrates dry-point #etching technique from the #printmaking studio at Durban University of Technology (recorded by Mfezeko Gumada). His practice includes #drawing, #print, #sculpture and #installations. His work typically explores social exclusion - the gap between the rich and the poor. He aims to depict the plight of the homeless and their role on the outskirts of society. Kenneth is a participating artist in #CreativeBlock. #SpierArtsTrust #visuallanguage #artandculture #contemporaryafricanart #intaglio @kennethpress
๐ก๐๐ก๐๐ขโ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก โ ๐จ๐ We are still on our virtual tour of #NandosUK who share their love of ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ผโ๐ large-scale portrait that was created on-site in 2016: โAmidst the quirky restaurant design of our Orpington Walnuts restaurant, you'll find a Dion Cupido exclusive mural adorning one of our walls - a breath-taking masterpiece of vibrant colours and dramatic brush strokes.โ Dion spent six days in Orpington #UK to produce this striking mural for the 94-seat restaurant in his bold, abstract style using industrial inks and oil paints. This restaurantโs interior was designed by @stac_architecture, who commissioned the mural. #CapeTown based Dion Cupido Art (1973-) works in a combination of abstraction and portraiture to explore memory and identity. His studio practice is deeply influenced by #streetart โ so much that it can be seen as another form of #tagging. ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐๐ 2016 Acrylic, Spray Paint & Mixed Media 6300 x 4000 mm #SpierArtsTrust #visuallanguage #artandculture #contemporaryafricanart
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ (1981 - ) is one of 4 participating artists in Nandoโs Creative Exchange 2021 #NCX Eric was born in #Johannesburg and holds a B-Tech Degree in Fine and Applied Arts from the Tshwane University of Technology. He works in oil paints, exploring the politics of identity and representation. For this exhibition, Eric explores the complexities of art censorship : โ๐ผ๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ , ๐ผ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐,โ he says. โ๐ผ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ , ๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐: ๐คโ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ โ๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐? ๐โ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ข๐๐
๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป (1974 - ) is one of 4 participating artists in Nandoโs Creative Exchange 2021 #NCX Adrian Owen Artist is a self-taught artist who specialises in fine art, portraiture and illustration. He freelances as an illustrator in the publishing, advertising, film and television industries. Private portrait commissions and works focusing on his unique interpretations of the human form have remained a staple during his career and can be found in homes and private collections around the world. He developed his distinctive style of portraiture, sketching portraits on Leicester and Trafalgar Squares, #London. A trip to Chiang Mai in 2007 introduced him to the dry brush technique, which he adopted to expand his mastery in the disciplined art of charcoal drawing. Adrian believes his purpose as an artist, in a world that seems so polarised and overwhelmed with conflicting and pervasive information, is โ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐กโ๐๐๐ข๐โ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐กโ. Adrian currently lives and works in Kommetjie #CapeTown. Nandoโs Creative Exchange won the Long-Term Partnership Award at the 24th Annual BASA Awards, sponsored by Hollard @BusinessArtsSA @NandosSouthAfrica #SpierArtsTrust Nandoโs Creative Exchange 2021 exhibition: ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ช๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ opening @TheAVAGallery in Cape Town from 15 Oct โ 25 Nov 2021 ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: 20 ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ + (2021) 1020 x1270 mm Mixed Media, Charcoal, Pastel and Acrylic on canvas #artandculture #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart #adrianowen
๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ถ ๐ก๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ (1987 - ) is one of 4 participating artists in Nandoโs Creative Exchange 2021 #NCX Mongezi was born in Mthatha in the #EasternCape. He studied visual art and design at the Central Johannesburg College in 2010, before enrolling as a printmaking student at the Artist Proof Studio. Mongezi mainly works in draft pen and acrylic paint on Fabriano paper or canvas. Mongezi addresses the subject of โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ก ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐ค ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐โ. His artworks combine contour lines, gesture drawing technique, abstract expressionism and realistic cubism. He recomposes the abstract pattern to project scenarios of urban life โ rural settlements and daily township life โ asking questions about the societal state of being, in the moment. He is currently doing a residency at the Modern Art Projects South Africa, working as a full-time artist and an assistant in the quality control of the Richmond bookbinding project. Nandoโs Creative Exchange won the Long Term Partnership Award at the 24th Annual BASA Awards, sponsored by Hollard. Business and Arts South Africa
๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฑ (1968 - ) is one of 4 participating artists in Nandoโs Creative Exchange 2021 #NCX Llise grew up in a small village, Wittedrift, in the Bitou Valley and she currently lives and works as a full-time artist on a farm in the #EasternCape. Llise studied musicology at the University of Port Elizabeth (now the Nelson Mandela University) and taught music for two years before enrolling for an art course at the late Susan Barnardโs Knapp Art School in Uitenhage. Having majored in ethnomusicology, she applies interdisciplinary methods in her visual creations. Working mostly in acrylic, her landscapes incorporating #surrealism is a favoured subject matter. As a keen mountain biker, she enjoys cycling in remote areas for inspiration and reference photos. Her work has been included in the coffee table book, Art and Artists of the Eastern Cape. She opened her studio and exhibition space on the farm in Elands River Valley in 2017. Every year she participates the Grahamstown National Art Festivalโs Fringe Exhibition and Port Elizabethโs Art Meander. Nandoโs Creative Exchange won the Long Term Partnership Award at the 24th Annual BASA Awards, sponsored by Hollard. Business and Arts South Africa Nando's #SpierArtsTrust Nandoโs Creative Exchange 2021 exhibition: ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ช๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ opening at AVA Gallery in Cape Town from 15 Oct โ 25 Nov 2021 ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ก (2021) 1200 x 900 mm Acrylic on canvas #visuallanguage #artandculture #bizartSA #contemporaryafricanart #llisedodd
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ โ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ #quicktutorial The invention of #computer technology (1960โs) opened a whole new field of practice for #artists. In 1967, a group of New York artists including #YvonneRainer and #RobertRauschenberg, together with engineers from Bell Laboratories, created the first performances incorporating pioneering technology in video projection, wireless sound transmission and Doppler sonar. Continued development has been swift, constantly providing new tools for expression and innovation. #Graphicssoftware packages (initially developed for major commercial users) have become an invaluable aid to artists who are able to explore #drawings, #designs, multiple images and increasingly complex visual effects, without having to commit to paper. Artworks can be easily #digitised, even modified further, with the ever-increasing range of modifications possible. Many artists now learn to code, creating programs to interact with spectators in a specific way or to perform certain tasks; they can respond to the movement of a crowd or translate sound into images. Robotic arms move paint, lasers create 3D sculptures, virtual sculptures can be engaged with through VR headsets โ the applications are endless. Artists and computer scientists now also develop algorithms with aesthetics as the main goal. They are creating computers that can make art, which brings up the age-old question again: #WhatIsArt? While it might seem that the #computer is making the #art by itself, it is important to acknowledge the artistโs creativity (purposeful in the programming and experimentation with the code, parameters and datasets) that is ultimately behind the software. References: https://bit.ly/ComputersDoNotMakeArt https://bit.ly/PNAS_ScienceandCulture https://bit.ly/HowTechnologyIsChangingTheArtworld Images of artworks: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป, 50๐ ๐น๐๐
๐ก๐๐ก๐๐ขโ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก Since 2014, #CapeTown residents and visitors have enjoyed a colourful ceramic relief mural at #Nandoโs Gardens in Kloof Street. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ (2014) by ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ was one of the installations for Nandoโs Accidental Art Project, an official part of World Design Capital 2014. In this video (shot by Gavin Elder), Liza talks about her use of colour and the role of #publicart. Perhaps accidentally foreknown, she likens the mark-making process using Half-Square tiles to a growing virus. ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ (1974-) is a contemporary #artist whose work explores the tangible qualities of materials and the connections between people and the world around us. Her public #art interventions are often of a temporary nature. Her work, largely process driven, typically blurs the division of craft and fine art. The viewer is encouraged to travel with her, into an imaginary world, where fact and fiction become one, where everything is in flux and anything is possible. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ 2014 3090 x 5680 mm bespoke Half-Square ceramic tiles #SpierArtsTrust #visuallanguage #artandculture #contemporaryafricanart #WCD2014 Liza Grobler
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ (1966 - ) shared a #quicktutorial on the preparation of gold leaf, a technique she sometimes presents in her #CreativeBlock artworks. Judy is a #printmaker and #painter. Inspired by #mythology and creation, her work invites the viewer into a #fantastical world where #myth, natural science, and the nature of matter meet. Judy says โ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ She currently runs a printmaking cooperative, ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ, offering workshops. #SpierArtsTrust #visuallanguage #artandculture #contemporaryafricanart Judy Woodborne
๐ก๐๐ก๐๐ข'๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก Drive thru Nandoโs Bryanston in #Joburg to see ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ผโ๐ billboard-sized work that was created by the #artist in #graffiti-style #painting, alongside the rocking music stage at the 2017 Basha Uhuru Freedom Festival in partnership with Nandoโs, hosted at Constitution Hill. Cape Town-based ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ผ (1973-) works primarily in a combination of #abstraction and portraiture to explore memory and identity. His studio practice is deeply influenced by street art โ so much that it can be seen as another form of tagging. #SpierArtsTrust #virtuallanguage #artandculture #contemporaryafricanart REDDECO Dion Cupido
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป Adept as painter, sculptor and draughtsman, we enjoy Tyrrel Thaysenโs use of #colourpencils to create intriguing, richly coloured #CreativeBlock artworks. In this short video he illustrates the accessibility of this medium. ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป (1969 - ) is predominantly preoccupied with the human figure, exploring how physical appearances are intricately intertwined with character and personality. His nonchalant figures are imbued with an aura of sexuality, lust and euphoria โ seemingly free from self-conscious constraint. He is fond of using unconventional, brightly coloured materials such as resin and fiberglass, reinforcing a prevailing mood of light-hearted amorousness. #SpierArtsTrust #creativeblock #artandculture #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ (1967-) is an urban landscape #painter, her preferred medium is oil paint and chalk pastel. Jenny shares a quick video on the use of #chalkpastels. In her practice, she considers landscapes that are under increasing political and ecological pressure. โ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐๐๐, ๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐-๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ. ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ #humancondition.โ This is typically the theme of her small oils as participating artist in #CreativeBlock. ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ (2021) Pastel on paper #SpierArtsTrust #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart #artandculture
๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ธ is a participating #artist in our #CreativeBlock programme. His preferred medium is #charcoal drawing and oil painting. Here heโs put together a short video for you explaining the different types of charcoal he uses. Kriek lives and works in Cape Town. He obtained a BA Fine Arts (Applied Graphics) in 2005 from the University of Stellenbosch (Cape Town), specialising in analogue #art photography. Kriekโs work experience is varied; graphic #designer, #illustrator, art director, running businesses and part time lecturer in #design and #drawing (College of Cape Town). He was one of the Finalists in the 2018 Hermanus FynArts Tollman Bourchard Finlayson Art Award. One of his most recent group exhibitions was Abandonment, RK Contemporary Gallery, Riebeeck Kasteel in 2019. #SpierArtsTrust #contemporaryafricanart #artandculture #visuallanguage
๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐ Conceptual artist and art educator Emma Willemse presents Disrupt, an exhibition of artistโs books, installations and wall works. ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ: 27 August - 29 September 2021 ๐๐๐๐ง๐: Union House | 25 Commercial Street | Cape Town ๐๐๐๐ฃ: 09h00-18h00 Monday โ Friday | Viewing is strictly by appointment only, contact [email protected] Willemseโs Practice is concerned with displacement and peacemaking. The focus of the exhibition is Willemseโs installation of a hundred and one handmade artistโs books, entitled 101 ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ข๐. In response to this, Michael Blake wrote a New Music piece for prepared piano and harpsichord, accompanied by an electronic soundtrack of found sounds, which includes sounds of the books being โplayedโ, recorded in Willemseโs studio. This will be performed by the artist on 29 September 2021. Works by Emma Willemse from the Spier Collection are included in the exhibition. #artandculture #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart #conceptualart #mixedmediaart #SpierArts #SpierArtsTrust #whatsonincapetown
๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ on her process using #waxencaustic.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ ๐ ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป on murals.. ๐ ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป (1988-) interchanges huge walls and tiny #CreativeBlock surfaces. Known as @Mook_Lion on the street, heโs been Involved in over forty #murals and #streetart projects, where he often works collaboratively with experienced #artists and community members. For your viewing pleasure, we share Creative Blocks by Mook Lion, as well as his art making process for a mural in #Makhanda #Grahamstown. #artinpublicspaces #socialcommentaryart #SpierArtsTrust #artandculture #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart
๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป Our last stop on the #Hollard Parktown Campus brings us outside Holsome, the Wellness Centre, to ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ by Jaco Sieberhagen. Sieberhagen creates #sculptures of people and animals using wood, metal, and glass. His metal figures are almost always depicted in a silhouette style, using laser-cutting techniques. He describes the scenes he creates as "landscapes of the mind." Influenced by the history of Villa Arcadia, which served as an orphanage in the 1920s, Sieberhagen incorporated #children in his imagery for this commission: โI can imagine that generations of children played the most wonderful imaginative games and have built the most beautiful flying machines to rocket them away from their sad situations into the futureโ. The #sculpture wall consists of six panels each, depicting a series of progressive scenes from a traumatic past (the burnt forest) through children looking towards a stable, happy future (the strong tree). #SpierArtsTrust #artandculture #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ Mary Visser (1971-) is an #abstract #painter, highly skilled in the use of #acrylic. As a participant in #CreativeBlock, we asked Mary to share a bit of her process with you today. You may be inspired to join one of Maryโs practical paint workshops! ๐๐ผhttps://www.maryvisser.co.za/painting-workshops/painting-workshops Mary says: โMy studio is a lab to test, play with and push around acrylic paint, spray paint and crayonsโฆI generate many process #collages, 3D objects and drawings. All elements that end up layered on the #studio floor. I look out for intriguing #visual conversations in order to prompt a new #paintingโ. Cover artwork: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ DETAIL (2020) #SpierArtsTrust #artandculture #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart #arttutorial
๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป In the central courtyard of the #Hollard Campus in Parktown #Jozie , ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฆ (2010) is an award-winning site-specific mosaic adorning the staff seating area by the fishpond. The #artwork is a large-scale #collaboration between mid-career artist ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต and #mosaic artisans from #SpierArtsAcademy. Marliseโs concept references her hometown of Kalk Bay: โThe sea has always been a symbol of inspiration and change for me, from the times of the ancient mariners to the present day โrat raceโ. We are constantly in motion, just like the sea, congruous to this space where the highway roars past, aeroplanes fly by and people bustle on their way to work. The movement of rip currents and tides are simulated in the design by the repletion of lines and shape.โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฆ (2010) Smalti, ceramic, engineered and natural stone 2000 x 16000mm #SpierArtsTrust #artandculture #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart
Here is a short tutorial from ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต on her insights into #watercolour #painting. Let us know what you think? @marlise.keith participates in #CreativeBlock which gives established and emerging #artists an opportunity to earn a regular income by transforming blank blocks into artworks, receiving feedback and exposure in the process. ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต (b. 1972) is known for her mixed media #collages - large-scale #drawings in pencil, #ink and #acrylics - and most recently small #sculptures of fabric, embroidery and found objects. She received a BA degree in #FineArts at the University of Pretoria (1995) and completed her Masterโs Degree in Fine Arts at the University of Stellenbosch in 2000. #SpierArtsTrust #artandculture #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart #MarliseKeith #arttutorial
#CreativeBlock curator Tamlin Blake reviews each block from every #artist on hand-in days. She often has a discussion with the artist about technique, surface preparation, composition, use of colour and concept. Only for this reason is she able to guess with #somecertainty that these blocks may have been painted over older works. When #painting over old #canvases or panels is done very well, it is impossible to tell without prior knowledge. ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ: Xolile Mtakatya, Zolani Siphungela, James Delaney, Fleur de Bondt, Jan-Henri Booyens & Fikile Mqhayi #SpierArtsTrust #artandculture #artsandculture #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart #upcycle #recycle
#CreativeBlock celebrates ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต. โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต.โ - President Cyril Ramaphosa. Our youth is our #hope! ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ: Judy Woodborne, Eric Zantzi, Mduduzi Twala, Ernest Fulani, Hanneke Benade, Tyrrel Thaysen, Diana Hyslop, Sandile Mhlongo, Norman O'Flynn & Audrey Anderson #SpierArtsTrust #loveSouthAfrica #artandculture #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanart #children #youth #play #youngpeople
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