Cross-Pollination: South African Art 1930–1950

This exhibition offers a re-evaluation on the epoch between 1930 and 1950, when many artists in this country brought a different kind of subjective gaze to South African art. Artists like Maggie Laubser, Irma Stern, Wolf Kibel, Jacob Pierneef, Gerard Sekoto and Lippy Lipshitz rejuvenated the local art scene by bringing a spirit of challenge and cosmopolitanism to it. The show encompasses different media – painting, sculpture and works on paper – to demonstrate the great diversity of style and technique in South African art, ranging from landscape painting to abstract art, to engagement with the burgeoning trends in Europe at the time. Enquiries: email Andrea Lewis, alewis@iziko.org.za or Joe Dolby, Tel. 021 467 4682 or email jdolby@iziko.org.za.

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