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New Now

New Now

Niël Jonker

2015

Reflections

New Now

The artist is concerned with environmental relationships and process media. Here he reflects on his family’s origins and their connection with land by using soil gathered from landscapes of personal significance. The white washing of the sculptures symbolically conceals these pasts and, while also referencing Stellenbosch's architectural environment, shows up the contemporary tendency to obfuscate memory.


Nuut Nou

Die kunstenaar is gemoeid met ons verhoudings met die omgewing en prosesmedia. Hier dink hy na oor sy familie se oorpronge en hulle verbintenis met die land – hy gebruik grond wat bymekaar gemaak is by omgewings wat vir hom ‘n persoonlike betekenis het. Die witgekalkte beeldhouwerke is ‘n simboliese bedekking van hierdie verlede. Dit verwys ook na Stellenbosch se argitektoniese omgewing en dui op die hedendaagse neiging om geskiedenis te verdoesel.


Entsha Ngoku

Umzobi unoxanduva lokubonisa ubudlelwane obuphakathi kwezinto ezisingqongileyo neendlela zokusebenza. Apha uqwalasela umnombo wefemeli yakhe nendlela abanxulumana ngayo nomhlaba kusetyenziswa umhlaba odityaniswe kwindawo ezahlukeneyo zokubaluleka komntu ngamnye. Ukwenziwa mhlophe (ukukalika) kwemifanekiso exonxiweyo luphawu olubonisa ukugquma izinto ezenzeka kudala, ngaxeshanye, zibonise indlela ezizotywe ngayo izakhiwo zaStellenbosch, nto leyo ebonisa injongo yokubhidisa inkumbulo.

Artist Archive

2012 - 2025 Artists from exhibitions and projects that form part of the Stellenbosch Outdoor Sculpture Trust (SOST) archive.

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