South African landscapes in visual art, poetry and music
Title: “Sunday night, Cullinan: And there are no diamonds in the mine”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40×50cm
Title: “Johannesburg nokturne”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40.6×40.6cm, 2016
A Johannesburg night scene, from the vantage point of Observatory, a suburb of the city.
Price: R4 000
“Kamberg, sonsopkoms”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40.6×40.6cm, 2016
A scene from the Drankensberg area in KwaZulu-Natal. Kamberg is the site of a significant range of rock art.
Price: R4 000
“Koffieplek in Pierneefstraat”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40.6×40.6cm, 2016
A coffee shop in Pierneef Street in Pretoria – in a area called the Moot.
Price: Sold
Title: “Son sak op die NG Kerk, Lady Grey”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 90x76cm, 2016
Translation of the title: “Sun sets on the Dutch Reformed Church, Lady Grey.” Lady Grey is a small town close to South Africa’s border with Lesotho and hosts an arts academy for primary and secondary school pupils. The town was named after Eliza Lucy Spencer, the wife of the governor of the Cape Colony, Sir George Grey.
Sold by IS Art Gallery.
Title: “Draai, Jakkals!”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, charcoal on paper, 35×46cm, 2016
A “draaijakkals”, literally translated a “turn fox”, in Afrikaans is a person you can’t trust. The title plays with this expression, but implores the jackal to turn.
Price: R1 500
Title: “Darling, why don’t you just phone the AA?”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 29×21cm, 2016
A pastoral road-side scene.
Price: Sold
Title: “St James, ons ry terug van die biblioteek”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on canvas, 40.6×40.6cm, 2016
Translation of the title: “St James, driving back from the library.” St James is a suburb of Cape Town. This painting was on exhibition at the Breytenbach Gallery in Wellington as part of an exhibition titled “Boekmerke/Bookmarks”.
Price: Sold by the Breytenbach Gallery in Wellington
Title: “Bok-bok staan styf”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, charcoal on paper, 53×42cm, 2016
The title of the drawing comes from an obscure Afrikaans children’s game. “Bok-bok staan styf, hoeveel vingers het jy op jou lyf?” An attempt at an English translation does not seem to shed any light on its meaning: “Buck-buck stand up straight (or tight), how many fingers on your body?”
Price: R1 500
Title: “Kamberg denne”, by Andries Bezuidenhout, oil on paper, 43×37cm, 2016
The title: “Kamberg pines”. A scene from the Drankensberg area in KwaZulu-Natal. Kamberg is the site of a significant series of South African rock art.
Price: Sold