Art Blog For October 2007
29 October 2007
South African artist Amos Letsoalo was born in 1969 in Molepo vilage, Lompopo Province.
Amos Letsoalo was inspired by his mother's decorave, traditional African paintings done with earth pigments on the walls of their house. Amos Letsoalo use to help with these paintings.
Amos Letsoalo says the following about his art:
"My work is mostly inspired by indigenous people (in Africa) and their lifestyle. I find the household of the indigenous people in Africa very interesting, the objects/still lifes that one finds in every household. You either find objects like clay pots, some old bottles (which in many case are inherited from our ancestors to store traditional medicines and herbs).
I have my own perspective of what still life looks like to me as an African.
I am appropriating indigenous vocabulary, in imagery, use of colour and language in my painting. I am at the same time not doing realistic images, but I am trying to create the realistic feeling. You will always find images of bottles, pots, cups, etc. I call this process 'painting and looking at the still life from an African perspective'."
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22 October 2007
South African artist Marlise le Roux completed her B-Proc law degree at the Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg, but the artist in her overpowered the lawyer. Now, several years on, she has grown into a formidable artist in her own right. Marlise loves to experience live in all it's facets and travelling forms an integral part of her life. Through her travels she gathers inspirational ideas and themes for her paintings. She recently moved to London with her husband Marcu. Her work is exhibited in galleries and private collections in South Africa, Ireland, UK and USA.
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15 October 2007
Isabel le Roux is a well known South African contemporary artist. She is a true colorist and her work vibrates with expression, energy and emotion. Isabel constantly bring new dimensions to her work by traveling and painting abroad and on different locations in South Africa. Her paintings are sought after by galleries and private collectors locally and internationally.
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8 October 2007
South African artist Cynthia Kuun was born in 1957 in Pretoria. Her father was a school teacher , and recognized her talents at an early age. She still treasures the palette which he made her when she was at high school. She now lives in Mogale City, Gauteng, South Africa, with her husband, two boys and a daughter. She has been busy with painting since 1990.
The urge to paint surfaced during childhood and at primary school started selling pencil sketches to her classmates. It was only during the latter part of her life that she received formal training from a number of the best representational art teachers in South Africa which she continues to perfect as the years go by. With her enormous natural talent, self discipline love and devotion for her work, she mastered the skill. Her work is done in oil on stretched canvas. She paints whatever she feels like and sometimes also uses her artwork to give expression to her emotions. She also does special commissions and her artwork has already been sold to satisfied customers throughout South Africa.
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1 October 2007
South African artist Hardus Koekemoer obtained a National diploma in Lighting, Sound and décor painting from the Technikon Pretoria in 1985. He also holds a B -Tech degree in lighting design, and is currently busy with his M -Tech degree on the subject of lighting design in an African context.
Hardus Koekemoer is currently employed as a lecturer in lighting at the Tshwane University of Technology, and takes part in various solo and group art exhibitions in South Africa and Europe.
Hardus Koekemoer is also responsible for the lighting design of various productions, ranging from opera to drama, music and dance theatre. Since 1999, he was responsible for the various “Fire Dance” and “Fire Light” productions that took place in Pretoria and the Potchefstroom arts festivals.
Hardus Koekemoer latest original indigenous theatre productions “Ancient Stars, War, Destiny” were performed with great success during February 2000/2003 at the Breytenbach theatre. This production where performed for an ABSA bank function, and during the Aerospace 2000 conference as the main opening performance. Delegates attended this performance from 46 international countries, with Nelson Mandela as guest of honour.
During 2003 a indigenous production “Shaka X” were successfully performed in Pretoria and Botswana, Gaberone.
Hardus Koekemoer was technical director for the Y-Arts festival on the arts campus, and were responsible for the staging of events and placing of crewmembers for twenty productions in a period of two weeks. Currently Hardus Koekemoer lectures to more than 75 lighting students.
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