South African landscapes in visual art, poetry and music
Title: “Pam Golding dink die huis waar die Oersons nou bly is ‘n renovator’s dream”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 61 x 76 cm
A street scene in Philipstown, Northen Cape Province. The title explores the tension between attempts to gentrify Karoo towns and local realities of poverty.
Price: Sold
Title: “Fabriek en kragdrade, Pretoria-wes”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 76 x 51 cm
A factory building to the west of Pretoria’s city centre.
Price: R4 500 (Sold)
Title: “Brug, Carletonville”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 76 x 62 cm
Carletonville is a mining town. The painting depicts a bridge opposite the regional office of the National Union of Mineworkers. The painting was used on the cover of Ari Sitas’ collection of poetry titled “The Vespa Diaries”.
Price: R12 000
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Title: “Hi Way Motors”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 45 x 61 cm
A gas station at Welverdiend, between Carletonville and Potchefstroom. A mining and maize farming area. Once a major route. Ed Hopper’s “Gas” in the bleak light of what was once known as the Western Transvaal?
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Title: “Muizenberg, renovator’s dream”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 76 x 62 cm
A building in Muizenberg, Cape Town. In part inspired by William Kentrige’s “Tide Table”.
Price: R5 500
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Title: “Cine Afrique”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 76 x 51 cm
An art deco cinema in Zanzibar.
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Title: “Trappe by Nørreport-metro”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 76 x 62 cm
Painted after a month long stay in Copenhagen. The exit at Nørreport Metro.
Price: R5 500
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Title: “Staatsdienstrappe”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 60 x 40 cm
Andries used a photography by Guy Tillim as inspiration for this painting. The photograph is of a civil service building in Madagascar.
Price: Sold
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Title: “Berglandskap, Namibië”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 51 x 40 cm
A scene from the Namib Naukluft Park in Namibia.
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Title: “Mynhuis, Vrystaat”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 cm, framed
A typical mine house on the gold fields of the Free State province of South Africa, with a mine’s headgear and mine dumps – or tailings dams – in the background. The Free State gold fields were once the heart of South Africa’s economy, but are now in decline and plagued by unemployment and illegal mining.
Price: Sold