Germany. 1927 - 2006
Sculpture
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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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South Africa. Born 1955
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South Africa, Europe. 1921 - 1995
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Abstract figure, portrait, still life, nudes and landscape painting, architecture
South Africa, England. 1920 - 2010
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South Africa. 1914 - 2010
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New York, California / South Africa. Born 1949
Large scale painting, sculpture, printmaking, mixed media, wall hangings
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South Africa, Russian Federation. 1880 - 1965
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South Africa. 1935 - 2007
Painting
South Africa, Africa. 1926 - 2009
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Northern Cape / South Africa, Africa. 1924 - 1988
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Africa, United Kingdom, Greece. 1919 - 1972
Landscape and townscape painting
South Africa, Europe. 1886 - 1973
Expressionist, naive-sophisticated still life, portrait and landscape painting
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Figurative art using collage and incorporating jazz themes