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Willie Bester SIGNATURES
Born 1956. Known for: Mixed media, found object collage, photographs.
An icon of South African contemporary art, Willie Bester’s socially charged art has spoken to local and increasingly international audiences. His main concern is to record events in South Africa in... Read full biography
An icon of South African contemporary art, Willie Bester’s socially charged art has spoken to local and increasingly international audiences. His main concern is to record events in South Africa in visual terms. He does not make judgments or apportion blame. He simply comments on life as he knows... Read full biography
An icon of South African contemporary art, Willie Bester’s socially charged art has spoken to local and increasingly international audiences. His main concern is to record events in South Africa in visual terms. He does not make judgments or apportion blame. He simply comments on life as he knows it, and as such his art may be seen as a visual document of history in the making. By adopting an archeological approach, by treating the township as an excavation site for bric-a-brac –license plates,... Read full biography
An icon of South African contemporary art, Willie Bester’s socially charged art has spoken to local and increasingly international audiences. His main concern is to record events in South Africa in visual terms. He does not make judgments or apportion blame. He simply comments on life as he knows it, and as such his art may be seen as a visual document of history in the making. By adopting an archeological approach, by treating the township as an excavation site for bric-a-brac –license plates, coke cans, and the like – which together with other references, are collaged and overpainted, Bester breaks new ground. Bester is for the most part a self-taught artist. Having spent one year studying with the Community Arts Project in Cape Town,... Read full biography
An icon of South African contemporary art, Willie Bester’s socially charged art has spoken to local and increasingly international audiences. His main concern is to record events in South Africa in visual terms. He does not make judgments or apportion blame. He simply comments on life as he knows it, and as such his art may be seen as a visual document of history in the making. By adopting an archeological approach, by treating the township as an excavation site for bric-a-brac –license plates, coke cans, and the like – which together with other references, are collaged and overpainted, Bester breaks new ground. Bester is for the most part a self-taught artist. Having spent one year studying with the Community Arts Project in Cape Town, the remainder of his “art” education has come through his life experience. Bester works mainly with mixed media collage... Read full biography
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