Title: “Athlone kragstasie”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 1×1.2m, 2016
Iconic power station from Cape Town, South Africa. The structure had had two massive cooling towers that were subsequently demolished.
Price: Sold
Athlone kragstasie
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Walking down Fox Street, Johannesburg
Title: “Walking down Fox Street, Johannesburg”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40.6×40.6cm, 2017
Cityscape from Johannesburg’s Maboneng precinct. Some call it urban renewal, others call it gentrification. The painting was included in an exhibition titled “Elements of Realism”, with works by Pierneef, Volschenk, Oerder and others.
Price: Sold by Absolut Art Gallery in Stellenbosch.
Westbrook Farm laundry and garden shed, Graaff-Reinet district
Title: “Westbrook Farm laundry and garden shed, Graaff-Reinet district”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40.6×40.6cm, 2016-17
A pastoral scene from South Africa’s Karoo, near Toorberg. From a photograph by Berno Schneider.
Price: Not for sale
Maluti lig
Title: “Maluti lig”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40.6×40.6cm, 2017
A painting from the Prynnsberg series. The title refers to the mountain range near Prynnsberg in the Eastern Free State.
Price: Sold
Mombak se sin – music video
Music video for “Mombak se sin”, from the album “Bleek berus” (2009). The song speaks to a traditional Afrikaans lullaby. Trivia: The book on the table is “Kniediep” by Harry Kalmer. Kalmer got the book’s title from a poem by Wopko Jensma, which is also reproduced in the book.
Skemer – music video
Music video for “Skemer” [Tr: Dusk], from the album “Insomniak se droomalmanak” [Tr: Insomniac’s dream calendar] (2004). The backing vocals are by Joanne Jaques.
Kliphart – music video
Music video for the song “Kliphart” [Tr: Stone heart] from the album Bleek Berus (2009).
Ek ry die hele nag lank
Title: “Ek ry die hele nag lank”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40.6×40.6cm, 2016
The title refers to a song by Afrikaans musician Valiant Swart. The song deals with a trip from the Western Cape to Johannesburg (referred to as Gomorrah) and Pretoria (Sodom) to perform to audiences there. In the song the speaker drives all day long – “ons ry die hele dag lank”.
Price: Sold
Prynnsberg, ‘n lug vol helder wolke
Title: “Prynnsberg, ‘n lug vol helder wolke”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 25.5×25.5cm, 2017
A painting from a series completed at Prynnsberg in the Eastern Free State. The title refers to a novel by Karel Schoeman – “‘n Lug vol helder wolke”, situated in the Free State. Translated into English the book title refers to a sky filled with luminous or bright clouds.
Price: Not for sale
Prynnsberg kitchen
Title: “Prynnsberg kitchen”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40.6×40.6cm, 2017
The kitchen of the Prynnsberg manor house in the Eastern Free State. The work was on exhibition at the Breytenbach Gallery in Wellington as part of an exhibition titled “Instruments of peace”.
Price: Sold