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Premium Members Anton SmitAnton Smit: Kindred Forms of Resonance Written by: Kathleen Thomas "Late yestreen I saw the new moone lie, Wi the auld moone in hir arme…” he bellows low with a feigned Scottish accent, tool in hand and a twinkle in his eye. Spoken verse, the echoes of emotive lyrics and the rasping of sculptures in progress are customary sounds emitted from the studio. Larger than life, Anton Smit is the embodiment of poetry, a apt term for this sculptor, derived from the Greek for “making.” A self-taught a...[more]  Lionel SmitReportedly ‘fascinated by the structure of the artwork’, Lionel Smit is a painter who’s oeuvre is informed by the processes of sculpture. This twenty-eight year-old artist has been described as ‘constructing’ his paintings ‘… from large but deftly placed brushstrokes and a bold palette’. Painting only large-scale portrait heads, Smit applies his brushstrokes almost as though they were pieces of clay that he vigorously adds on and adds on to build up and model the image. In this way, he creates...[more]  Frederike StokhuyzenFrederike Stokhuyzen – Dame of Disegno By Veronica Wilkinson Capturing light and form on site in quick, accurate washes of pen and watercolour, artist Frederike Stokhuyzen transports her unusual views of landscapes back to her studio where she works with a palette knife onto canvas to recreate the scenes that have inspired her. Mountains, with their signature individual striations of geological identification, tree studded slopes and wildlife feature in a prodigious oeuvre that spans 50 ye...[more]  Mikhael SubotzkySubotzky is 30 years old this year. At 28 he was the youngest photographer to be invited to Magnum Photo Agencies, the most prestigious group of photographers in the world. Born in 1981 in Cape Town, South Africa, he received his Fine Arts Degree at Uct’s Michaelis School of Fine Art, in 2003, attaining 100% for his major in the medium of Photography, the highest mark ever awarded to a student. He had completed the first leg of his 1st long term project, Die Vier Hoeke, which accelerated his ...[more] |
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