Baobabs, Stormclouds, Animals and People
posted by Kerry-Anne
This impressive 28-metre-wide artwork adorns the main foyer of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (Cape Town's main venue for hosting big exhibitions and conferences). It was based on the linocuts of a San artist, Tuoi Stefaans Samcuia, who sadly died of tuberculosis in 2003, before he could see his work displayed here. The linocuts were translated into metal relief sculptures by Brett Murray.I rather like it - the colours and the simplicity of the shapes appeal to me. What about you? (You'll need to zoom in to see the artwork clearly, although of course it's far more impressive when you're actually standing in front of it...)
4 Comments:
Love it. I definitely love it. As you said I love semplicity and colours but I also love the idea to to create shadows on background.
The transferred art is really nice. I like it a lot. I used to do large oils for school lobbies and churches and enjoyed it but they were all on canvas.
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Fabrizio, yes, I like the shadow effect too - like I said, it's even more impressive when you're standing below it...
Abraham, are we going to get to see any of your oil paintings on your blog?
The art work was actually cut out by a local company called Vulcan Steel and a subsidiary company called Elixir - they are based in Montague Gardens and are able to do a host of similar and exciting projects.
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