PROCEEDS TO THE MITCHELL’S PLAIN BURSARY AND ROLE MODEL TRUST Cover: OUT FROM THE DARK (cropped) | By DION CUPIDO - Oil and spray paint on canvas Artworks will be exhibited for viewing at Leonardo Da Vinci Gallery 4 Spin Street,

10.00 – 16.00 from 12 – 15 March 2016 Art Auction All proceeds to

THE MITCHELL’S PLAIN BURSARY AND ROLE MODEL TRUST

Wednesday 16 March 2016

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Sandy Esau Party Time Series – High Spirits / Oil on Canvas / 44 x 54cm The Mitchell’s Plain Bursary and African National Congress (ANC) to its Introducing Role Model Trust (the Trust) provides Mitchell’s Plain Constituency Office. financial support to young people who The Trust is a South African registered 2 want to study at tertiary education Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) in institutions but cannot afford to do terms of both section 30 and 18A of so. The Trust facilitates learners’ access the Income Tax Act. to further studies through funding Founding Trustee Trevor Manuel says: for registration and tuition fees to a “Without community mobilisation maximum amount set annually by the in support of young people who THE MITCHELL’S PLAIN BURSARY Trustees. The Trust works closely with show that they have the potential to AND ROLE MODEL TRUST all 17 high schools in Mitchell’s Plain succeed, there will be little prospect to ensure that motivated, academically of placing education at the centre of performing and financially deserving our collective efforts to confront the learners are given an opportunity scourges of poverty, inequality and to study at university, technikon or the hold which drugs and gangsterism college. Bursary recipients are able have over the lives of so many.” to reapply for support in subsequent Since its inception, the Trust has assisted years of study, so as to enable the many young people from Mitchell’s successful achievement of their Plain to study at universities, technikons qualifications. and further education colleges. In 2015 Trevor Manuel The Trust was established by Trevor alone, the Trust awarded more than R1- Founding Patron Manuel in 2010 when, as a Member million in bursaries to 82 matriculants of Parliament, he was deployed by the and current students. In the 2014 academic year, for the from Mitchell’s Plain encounter on students, showing them and proving first time in Mitchell’s Plain’s 35- a daily basis - including gang wars, to them, as was the case with myself, year history, poverty and high crime levels in their that there are no limits to how far achieved a 100% matric pass rate. communities - it is possible to strive they can go.” says Abubakr Maker, 3 Also, Glendale High School learner for excellence and achieve success. currently studying Quantity Surveying Jayson George matriculated with The Trust strives to provide these at the University of eight distinctions as one of the top promising young people, our future Technology (CPUT). 20 matriculants in the Western leaders, with the financial support All donations to the Mitchell’s Cape. Jayson says the Trust was they need to realise their goals Plain Bursary and Role Model instrumental in assisting to achieve and dreams through education, Trust contributes toward providing his dream of studying Law at UCT: determination and hard work. financial support to matriculants “I come from an area where some Bursary recipients also commit to and current students, enabling them kids grow up with no sense of hope being role models to their peers. to pursue tertiary qualifications and for the future. Now the future looks They are required to do a talk at their desired careers. bright; it looks better than the past. their school at least once per annum We no longer have to be hopeless Your donation is an ‘investment’ during their years of study and to because the Trust is focussed on in our country’s future, assisting to support learners who want to follow helping us to study further.” produce educated and productive in their footsteps. The Trust also citizens, making a better In the 2015 academic year, the encourages its recipients to assist in country for all. 17 Mitchell’s Plain High Schools forming and support alumni societies had an average matric pass rate of at their high schools through which For information on the Mitchell’s 85% compared to 76% in 2014. past learners can plough back into Plain Bursary and Role Model Trust, This shows that, in spite of the their schools and communities. visit our website: considerable odds which learners “This Trust can change the lives of www.mpbursarytrust.org.za 44

Kervin grew up in the Boland town of Paarl. He is a talented, highly productive multimedia artist and sculptor. He is active in his community and is a founder member of the Ebezweni Art Group in Paarl. After matriculating, Kervin received training at the Sculpture Workshop at Daljosaphat Art Foundation in Paarl. Kervin Cupido He participated in numerous group Lot No 1 exhibitions as well as solo exhibitions. Kervin’s art works are found in West Coast Fishermen Corporate and Private Collections, Embassies all over the world, the Oil on Board Western Cape Legislature and the 60 x 80cm South African National Government. 55

Sandy comes from a creative family in Darling, on the Cape West Coast. He is a self-taught artist, using acrylics and mixed media. He became a full time artist in 2000 and did commissions for Daimler Chrysler, Indaba Tourism, Policy Link and “Evita se Perron”. He participated in many group exhibitions as well as many solo exhibitions. His art works are found in most of the major galleries in South Africa. Sandy was educated at the Vooruitsig Primary School School of Art in Woodstock (lectured Sandy Esau in Darling and the Atlantis Senior by Eric Loubser and Ryno Swart) and Lot No 2 Secondary School. His remarkable the Daljosafat Missionary Station talent was noticed by an art professor in Paarl (lectured by Judith Mason). 2010 Soccer World Cup Series of the and he He is regarded as one of the most made it possible for Sandy to receive successful and talented young artists Oil on Board his art education at the Ruth Prowse in South Africa. 46 x 61cm 6

His preferred medium is oil and acrylics. Over the years he attended private art classes and studied through correspondence. He had commercial art tuition at the Ruth Prowse School of Art in Cape Town. Patrick has taken part in major art exhibitions in South Africa and abroad. Patrick Mokhuane Patrick was born in Simonstown on His preferred interest is landscapes Lot No 3 26 June 1952. Patrick believes his and as the subject. ability is a God-given talent, as his art Fruit Vendor has always been with him. His parents His works are found in private and and grandparents were residents of corporate collections all over the world 3 Dimensional District Six and were victims of the as well as in all major art galleries in 37 x 44cm forced removals in 1958. South Africa. 57

Beezy Bailey is a South African artist who works in various media, including , sculpture, drawing, printmaking and ceramics. He received a fine art degree from Byam Shaw School of Art in London. Bailey has a history of close collaboration with other artists most famously musicians. He has done work with David Bowie, Brian Eno and Dave Matthews. He has worked with photographers Adam Letch and sculptor Koos Malgas. Standard Bank, Investec bank and He has also exhibited at the Saatchi Beezy Bailey the Kunsthuis Museum in Germany Museum in Chelsea, London. Lot No 4 and the SANG (South African National Bailey’s work is represented in Gallery). He had a show in the 2008 Blossom the football player several art collections, including the Cuban Biennale and was part of the David Bowie Art Collection and in official programme at the 2015 Venice Oil & silkscreen on Board the permanent collections of Sasol, Biennale. 60 x 40cm found himself influenced by their portrayal of life in a primitive and 8 naive genre. He has convened various art projects and workshops for both fine art and sculpture in the Western Cape. He is a founding member of the E’Bezweni Art Group (E.A.G.), established in Paarl in October 1994. Selwyn explores humour to bridge the cultural divide rather than redefine the fault lines that separated the communities of the past. Laughter Selwyn Pekeur Selwyn Pekeur studied art at school in heals. Paarl and then went on to qualify as Lot No 5 The bold colours, simple shapes, an art teacher in 1980. His first post movement and humorous predica- as a primary school teacher opened ments best known by the Coloured his eyes to the use of colour, form and and African communities in the humour. The Musicians Western Cape, define his work. Selwyn Oil on Board He was appointed convener of the experiments with different materials, 68 x 83cm schools art project and organised media and techniques. He has worked Donated by Selwyn Pekeur and workshops and exhibitions for as a sculptor, print maker and paints in the Fred J Robertson Foundation children’s art and young artists. He oil and acrylic. 9

Sandy comes from a creative family in Darling, on the Cape West Coast. He is a self-taught artist, using acrylics and mixed media. He became a full time artist in 2000 and did commissions for Daimler Chrysler, Indaba Tourism, Policy Link and “Evita se Perron”. He participated in many group exhibitions as well as many solo exhibitions. His art works are found in most of the major galleries in South Africa. Sandy was educated at the Vooruitsig Primary School School of Art in Woodstock (lectured Sandy Esau in Darling and the Atlantis Senior by Eric Loubser and Ryno Swart) and Lot No 6 Secondary School. His remarkable the Daljosafat Missionary Station talent was noticed by an art professor in Paarl (lectured by Judith Mason). Party Time Series – The Blues of the University of Cape Town and he He is regarded as one of the most made it possible for Sandy to receive successful and talented young artists Oil on Board his art education at the Ruth Prowse in South Africa. 44 x 54cm In 1923, at the age of 14, his first 10 two oil were exhibited at Ashbey’s Gallery in Cape Town - his first successful one-man exhibition was held there two years later. Gregoire went on to hold more than 100 solo exhibitions during his extensive career of more than eighty years. As a founder member of the New Group with Terence McCaw, was born in Frieda Lock, and others, Newlands, Cape Town in 1909. He he was elected its first chairman in was the son of the political cartoonist, 1938. The New Group rendered an Gregoire Boonzaier DC Boonzaier, and benefited from the invaluable service to the cause of Lot No 7 close contact with his father’s artist South African art for almost 15 years. friends, including Pieter Wenning, Gregoire Boonzaier died on 22 April Nita Spilhaus and , the 2005, a few months before his 96th sculptor. DC Boonzaier was strongly birthday, having lived an extraordinary District Six and Still Life opposed to formal art training, and life and productive career, during Pair of Linocuts Gregoire’s initial studies were possible which he was able to serve as a 18 x 13cm through association with these early mentor and teacher to generations of 16 x 20cm Cape impressionist painters. South African artists and art lovers. Tyrone Appollis is a South African artist and poet. He was active in the formation of the Mitchell’s Plain Art 11 Group in 1988. He has held numerous local and international art exhibitions. A professional artist since the late 1970s, Tyrone Appollis works from the conviction that “an artist must be of his time”. Tyrone Appollis’s art is rooted in his geographic identity as a Capetonian, in his historic identity as a “coloured” person, in his post-apartheid national identity as a South African, in his non- racial identity as an African, and in his humanistic identity as a member of a global community of artists. wide recognition for his visual art, he Tyrone Appollis is also well known for his abilities as a Born in Cape Town in 1957, Appollis Lot No 8 poet and musician. studied art part-time at the Philip Tabane Community Arts Project under Cecil Appollis’s work is represented in Skotnes and at the Foundation School several public and private collections Mixed Media of Art in Observatory. In addition to in South Africa and abroad. 123 x 77cm discovered and where he received encouragement from his teachers to 12 pursue a career in art. In the beginning of 1978 he decided to continue his hobby as a painter while working at Nettex SA. During 1982 he took part in a group exhibition in the Community Centre and again in 1983 in the Bellville Art Society. It was during this year that he met the well- known South African artist, Gregoire Boonzaier who was a great inspiration in the development of Pieters career Pieter Uitlander Pieter was born in the Great Karoo on as an artist. Pieter embarked on a full- Lot No 9 the farm Hillmoore near Steynsburg in time career as an artist in 1997. 1952. The family moved to Cape Town Numerous South African and in 1958. Old District Six international art collectors are in Pieter received his school education possession of his work. He has taken Oil on Canvas at the Bellville-South Primary and part in over 30 exhibitions of which 5 45 x 40cm High Schools where his art talent was were solo exhibitions. Selwyn Pekeur studied art at school in Paarl and then went on to qualify as an art teacher in 1980. His first post 13 as a primary school teacher opened his eyes to the use of colour, form and humour. He was appointed convener of the schools art project and organised workshops and exhibitions for children’s art and young artists. He found himself influenced by their portrayal of life in a primitive and naive genre. He has convened various art projects and workshops for both fine art and sculpture in the Western Cape. He is The bold colours, simple shapes, Selwyn Pekeur a founding member of the E’Bezweni movement and humorous predica- Lot No 10 Art Group (E.A.G.), established in ments best known by the Coloured Paarl in October 1994. and African communities in the Selwyn explores humour to bridge the Western Cape, define his work. Lady on the Beach cultural divide rather than redefine Selwyn experiments with different Oil on Canvas the fault lines that separated the materials, media and techniques. He 92 x 57cm communities of the past. Laughter has worked as a sculptor, print maker Donated by Selwyn Pekeur and the heals. and paints in oil and acrylic. Fred J Robertson Foundation 14 capture the subtle and ever-changing shades of nature. She experimented with clays and resins and fiberglass, which played with light, when used in sculptural form. She made contact with Dr Cyril Hilsum at General Electric, who had co-invented the hologram, and was a world expert on liquid crystal. He first introduced her to liquid crystal. Her works have achieved a kind Gail Catlin Gail Catlin is the first, and possibly of metastasis —the ability of the Lot No 11 the only artist to use liquid crystal as artwork to escape fixity and to the principal medium in her art. While constantly transform itself like a Catlin lived in Arniston, she became kaleidoscope. She is probably also one Still Life fascinated by the nacreous quality of of the first artists to venture into the Mixed Media sea shells and mother-of-pearl, and realm of nanotechnology - the study 61 x 91cm was convinced that a new colour and manipulation of materials at the Donated by Gail Catlin spectrum needed to be developed to molecular level. Joyce Ntobe was born in 1991 out of frustration with increasingly prevalent 15 affirmative action. Beezy Bailey submitted two artworks for a triennial exhibition. One was with the traditional Beezy Bailey signature, which was rejected and the other signed Joyce Ntobe. The latter now resides in the South African National Gallery as part of its permanent collection. When the curator of the Gallery wanted to work on a paper about three black women artists, Joyce Ntobe being one, Bailey revealed the truth, causing a media scandal. in London, and Cape Beezy Bailey was born on 21 July Joyce Ntobe Town as well as numerous group 1962, in Johannesburg. He is a South Lot No 12 shows around the world. African artist who works in various media, including painting, sculpture, He received a fine art degree from I dreamt I flew away with the drawing, printmaking and ceramics. Byam Shaw School of Art in London Americans in their Cadillac He has been a full-time artist for 30 in 1986, after studying life drawing, Oil & enamel rolled Canvas years, with over 20 one-man shows printmaking, painting and sculpture. 126 x 65cm 16

in many group exhibitions as well as many solo exhibitions. His art works are found in most of the major galleries in South Africa. Sandy was educated at the Vooruitsig Primary School in Darling and the Atlantis Senior Secondary School. His remarkable talent was noticed by an art professor of the University of Cape Town and he made it possible for Sandy to receive Sandy comes from a creative family in Sandy Esau his art education at the Ruth Prowse Darling, on the Cape West Coast. He Lot No 13 School of Art in Woodstock (lectured is a self-taught artist, using acrylics by Eric Loubser and Ryno Swart) and and mixed media. Party Time Series the Daljosafat Missionary Station – High Spirits He became a full time artist in 2000 in Paarl (lectured by Judith Mason). and did commissions for Daimler He is regarded as one of the most Oil on Canvas Chrysler, Indaba Tourism, Policy Link successful and talented young artists 44 x 54cm and “Evita se Perron”. He participated in South Africa. 17

Kervin grew up in the Boland town of Paarl. He is a talented, highly productive multimedia artist and sculptor. He is active in his community and is a founder member of the Ebezweni Art Group in Paarl. After matriculating, Kervin received training at the Sculpture Workshop at Daljosaphat Art Foundation in Paarl. Kervin Cupido He participated in numerous group Lot No 14 exhibitions as well as solo exhibitions. Kervin’s art works are found in Madiba Corporate and Private Collections, Oil on Board Embassies all over the world, the 122 x 62cm Western Cape Legislature and the Donated by Kervin Cupido and South African National Government. the Fred J Robertson Foundation Cloete, artist and owner of the Peanut 18 Gallery encouraged Cupido to create a body of work. He used inexpensive industrial ink from his father’s business to paint with. Peanut Gallery included Cupido’s work in a group exhibition where he sold his first painting in 2000. “It was like coming home. I realised that this is Dion Cupido won the Truworths what would make me happy to wake Academy of Visual Arts Award at the up every morning and I saw it was Arts and Media Access Centre (AMAC) worth fighting for.” in 2003. As a teenager from Mitchell’s Plain, Cupido began creating art as a His most recent work involves what means of expressing himself. It was he calls ‘African-Pop portraiture’. Five only when a friend’s younger brother paintings in the series were on display Dion Cupido asked Cupido to help him with a in his first solo exhibition, ‘Perceptions Lot No 15 matric art project, that he realised he Of Beauty’, at the Worldart Gallery. could paint and that he loved it. He is a resident at Good Hope Art Out from the Dark Cupido had left school by then and Studios and his work is included in was doing various casual jobs to help several prestigious collections, including Oil and Spray Paint on Canvas support the family. He wanted to the Nando’s art collection in London 160 X 140cm have his paintings in galleries. Gerard and Beyoncé has bought his art. 19

Tendai was born in 1974 in Marondera, east of Harare. He studied ‘O” Level and “A” Level, gaining distinctions for A Level. Disciplines he learnt were painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and photography. His specialisation and passion now is painting. Sources of inspiration for his work include the late Hilary Kashiri, Monet and Van Gogh. Tendai Nhavira He has participated in many exhibitions Lot No 16 locally and in Zimbabwe where his work is characterised by thick brush The Journey strokes and vivid colour, people and landscapes. He lives in Harare and is Oil on Art Paper married with two children. 43 x 60cm 1970s, Tyrone Appollis works from the conviction that “an artist must be of 204 his time”. Tyrone Appollis’s art is rooted in his geographic identity as a Capetonian, in his historic identity as a “coloured” person, in his post-apartheid national identity as a South African, in his non- racial identity as an African, and in his humanistic identity as a member of a global community of artists. Born in Cape Town in 1957, Appollis studied art part-time at the Community Arts Project under Cecil Skotnes and at the Foundation School of Art in Observatory. In addition to wide recognition for his visual art, he Tyrone Appollis Tyrone Appollis is a South African is also well known for his abilities as a Lot No 17 artist and poet. He was active in the poet and musician. Family Shopping formation of the Mitchell’s Plain Art Group in 1988. He has held numerous Appollis’s work is represented in Oil on Canvas local and international art exhibitions. several public and private collections 50 x 38cm A professional artist since the late in South Africa and abroad. Frank Ross was born in 1953 in Wellington. Frank’s approach to 21 painting is uncomplicated and direct. In his work, the expressive use of line and strong brushwork, amplify his experience. “Colour is important to me. Red symbolises the unhappiness I associate with the problems with land.” His paintings incorporate the people of the Boland: labourers toil in the vineyards, women carry wood or trudge wearily home after a day’s work and strong southern sunsets streak the sky. Frank has had no formal tuition but has learnt much by being in the company Frank Ross of other artists and observing their Lot No 18 work. His work is original as he is Frank has had many group and solo unaware of the traditional conventions exhibitions in South Africa and abroad. Welcome to Cape Town used to portray the human figure and He had a solo exhibition in Germany landscape. His talent was recognised in 2012 where all his paintings were Mixed Media by the E’ bezweni Art Group in 1996. sold on the first day of the exhibition. 90 x 120cm 22 He completed his high school education at Vuyisile High School in Worcester and joined the Community Arts Project in 1984. When his brother, who had been supporting him, was killed, he had to give up his studies. He was arrested several times during the Apartheid era. While in prison he had time to explore his artistic talent. With the support of the Italian Government, David Hlongwane was offered a full grant in 1988 to study art for a year in Perugia, a small town near Florence. David Hlongwane completed a four- His art found expression in many David Hlongwane year course at the Academia di Belle posters, banners and pamphlets, as Lot No 19 Arte in Perugia, Italy, in 1991. Today well as in his sculptures and paintings. he teaches art to the juveniles in Conversation Series The artist is well known in South prisons with an empathy born of his (Pair) Africa where he was the winner of own incarceration as a result of his the 1995 Mayibuye Center Sculpture activities in the struggle. Oil on Board Competition. His work has also been 34 x 50cm David Hlongwane was born in 1963 in well received in the United States of 37 x 50cm Zwelethemba Township in Worcester. America, Italy and Germany. Lesley Charnock, teacher, painter of still lives and portraits, brings oils to life. Step into her studio and teaching 23 space at in Newlands, Cape Town and there is no doubt that you are in Africa. There is vibrant colour, bright sunlight, deep shadows, confident, energetic brush strokes, luscious palette knife work, strong tonal values…and, above all, a love for the diverse people of Africa and its breath taking beauty. Inspired and stimulated by her many travels through Africa, Lesley finds scene, there is rarely a painting by Lesley Charnock Lesley without a figure in it. the subjects for her paintings in the Lot No 20 people she sees walking along dusty Then, for a change of pace, you will country roads, working in the fields or find portraits full of life and vigour, herding cattle and tending their flocks. serene flower studies and striking still On the streets of the cities she finds life compositions. Her rich, glowing people waiting for taxis and buses, oils have found their way into both Ladies in Shwe-Shwe selling fruit or flowers, or walking and private and corporate collections Mixed Media, Oil and Fabric jogging along a promenade. Whether throughout South Africa and around 60 x 90cm it’s a landscape, a seascape or a city the world. Donated by Lesley Charnock 24

essential absurdity of life. Her sense of the absurd is informed by ideas famously explored by Dadaism: the inherent ridiculousness of neo- imperialist ideology and its effects of global devastation, mass poverty and perpetual war. Her last solo show “We Live in the Past” critiqued hegemonic narratives of whiteness in comtemporary South Liza Littlewort Liza Littlewort was born in Cape Town, Africa. For her forthcoming show Lot No 21 and lives and works in the city. She in April 2016, she is focussing on uses fresh and experimental ways of what critic Brenden Gray describes working with oil paint on different as “blind, liberal acceptance of Hope and Charity surfaces, calling this methodology the transcendental properties and Oil on Board “Absurdist” as it creates unexpected, goodness of art.” She intends for it 80 x 120cm surreal accidents which Littlewort to take the form of a kind of magical- Donated by Liza Littlewort uses to express her sense of the realist satire of ‘cottage mysticism’. 25

Rashid Lombard has photographed both local and international musicians, and has paid particular attention to recording South African musicians-in- exile such as Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba and Abdullah Ibrahim. In 2010, he contributed to the exhibition at the Duotone Gallery at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival. His book of jazz photographs, ‘Jazz Rocks’, was published in 2010. Lombard says: “Over the years I Rashid Lombard James Matthews, the South African have spent so much time backstage Lot No 22 poet and writer, in the foreword to that the space behind the music is a the book observed that “...Lombard’s part of me. Many of the musicians I collection of photographs...is an ode photographed were far more than just Abdullah Ibrahim, Boston, to South Africa’s jazz musicians... subjects to me. The musicians became US, 1986 Each and every lovingly taken photo my friends and family. We spent many Photograph displays its empathy with the music hours honing our skills and teaching 40 x 50cm and the players.” each other the politics of the arts.” Donated by Rashid Lombard Patrick was born in Simonstown on 26 26 June 1952. Patrick believes his ability is a God-given talent, as his art has always been with him. His parents and grandparents were residents of District Six and were victims of the forced removals in 1958. His preferred medium is oil and acrylics. Over the years he attended private art classes and through correspondence. He had commercial art tuition at the Ruth Prowse School of Art in Cape Town. Patrick Mokhuane Patrick has taken part in major art Lot No 23 exhibitions in South Africa and abroad. His preferred interest is landscapes Still Life (Pair) and District Six as the subject.

3 Dimensional His works are found in private and 42 x 60cm corporate collections all over the world 42 x 60cm as well as in all major art galleries in Including frame South Africa. Pieter was born in the Great Karoo on 27 the farm Hillmoore near Steynsburg in 1952. The family moved to Cape Town in 1958. Pieter received his school education at the Bellville-South Primary and High Schools where his art talent was discovered and where he received encouragement from his teachers to pursue a career in art. In the beginning of 1978 he decided to continue his hobby as a painter while working at Nettex SA. in the development of Pieters career Pieter Uitlander During 1982 he took part in a group as an artist. Pieter embarked on a Lot No 24 exhibition in the Belhar Community full-time career as an artist in 1997. Centre and again in 1983 in the Numerous South African and Bellville Art Society. It was during international art collectors are in Flower Sellers, Cape Town this year that he met the well- possession of his work. He has taken known South African artist, Gregoire part in over 30 exhibitions of which 5 Oil on Canvas Boonzaier who was a great inspiration were solo exhibitions. 45 x 40cm 28 Her theory of pure colour echoes the powerful impressions left by Hans Hoffmann. Making a painting is almost a physical struggle and reflects the artist’s constant search to give volume presence, between reality and immateriality and between two- dimensional extension and three- dimensional depth. With the moral impulse of the American expressionist heroes strongly entangled she bridges the link between European and American to develop Known for her expanding dimension her own expressive potential. Her Catherine Timotei artwork is full of allusions and Lot No 25 and exuberant colourful paintings, French Corsican artist Catherine associations that are not easily Geometric abstraction, Timotei’s work draws inspiration deciphered, leaving room for it to take Catalyst No 4 from a diverse array of influences on a diaphanous form. Oil on Canvas - from Renaissance masters to the Catherine Timotei settled in South 200 x 170cm 20th Century abstract Expressionism Africa several years ago and lives in Donated by Catherine Timotei movement. Cape Town. 29

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Born in Cape Town in 1957, Appollis studied art part-time at the Community Arts Project under Cecil Skotnes and at the Foundation School of Art in Observatory. In addition to Tyrone Appollis is a South African wide recognition for his visual art, he Tyrone Appollis artist and poet. He was active in the is also well known for his abilities as a formation of the Mitchell’s Plain Art Lucky Fish poet and musician. Group in 1988. He has held numerous Oil on Canvas local and international art exhibitions. Appollis’s work is represented in 43 x 55cm A professional artist since the late several public and private collections R40 000 1970s, Tyrone Appollis works from the in South Africa and abroad. Tyrone Appollis is a South African 35 artist and poet. He was active in the formation of the Mitchell’s Plain Art Group in 1988. He has held numerous local and international art exhibitions. A professional artist since the late 1970s, Tyrone Appollis works from the conviction that “an artist must be of his time”. Tyrone Appollis’s art is rooted in his geographic identity as a Capetonian, in his historic identity as a “coloured” person, in his post-apartheid national Skotnes and at the Foundation School Tyrone Appollis identity as a South African, in his non- of Art in Observatory. In addition to racial identity as an African, and in his wide recognition for his visual art, he humanistic identity as a member of a is also well known for his abilities as a Kreef global community of artists. poet and musician. Born in Cape Town in 1957, Appollis Appollis’s work is represented in Oil on Canvas studied art part-time at the several public and private collections 40 x 50cm Community Arts Project under Cecil in South Africa and abroad. R40 000 36 Tyrone Appollis’s art is rooted in his geographic identity as a Capetonian, in his historic identity as a “coloured” person, in his post-apartheid national identity as a South African, in his non- racial identity as an African, and in his humanistic identity as a member of a global community of artists. Born in Cape Town in 1957, Appollis studied art part-time at the Community Arts Project under Cecil Tyrone Appollis is a South African Tyrone Appollis Skotnes and at the Foundation School artist and poet. He was active in the of Art in Observatory. In addition to formation of the Mitchell’s Plain Art wide recognition for his visual art, he Group in 1988. He has held numerous is also well known for his abilities as a Keeping the Score local and international art exhibitions. poet and musician. A professional artist since the late Oil on Canvas 1970s, Tyrone Appollis works from the Appollis’s work is represented in 90 x 135cm conviction that “an artist must be of several public and private collections R80 000 his time”. in South Africa and abroad. Frans Smit was born in Stellenbosch in 1976. He first studied science at the 37 University of Stellenbosch but decided to study a field with more creativity. He studied photography for four years at the Free State Technikon then moved to London where he spent four years. During his stay in the United Kingdom, he followed various painting courses at Chelsea College of Art and Design, the City Lit and also the prestigious Central Saint Martins. He is currently a full time artist and photographer living and working in Cape Town and does freelance work Frans Smit for various magazines, predominantly focusing on decor and portraiture. Man without a Face He is very passionate about painting Oil on Canvas and finds it is a fulfilling process. He 95 x 90cm currently works from the EASTSIDE Studios in Woodstock. R20 000 38 in many group exhibitions as well as many solo exhibitions. His art works are found in most of the major galleries in South Africa. Sandy was educated at the Vooruitsig Primary School in Darling and the Atlantis Senior Secondary School. His remarkable talent was noticed by an art professor of the University of Cape Town and he made it possible for Sandy to receive his art education Sandy Esau Sandy comes from a creative family in at the Ruth Prowse School of Art in Darling, on the Cape West Coast. He is Woodstock (lectured by Eric Loubser a self-taught artist, using acrylics and and Ryno Swart) and the Daljosafat Washing Day mixed media. Missionary Station in Paarl (lectured by Judith Mason). He became a full time artist in 2000 Oil on Board and did commissions for Daimler He is regarded as one of the most 40 x 60cm Chrysler, Indaba Tourism, Policy Link successful and talented young artists R10 000 and “Evita se Perron”. He participated in South Africa. 39 Sandy comes from a creative family in Darling, on the Cape West Coast. He is a self-taught artist, using acrylics and mixed media. He became a full time artist in 2000 and did commissions for Daimler Chrysler, Indaba Tourism, Policy Link and “Evita se Perron”. He participated in many group exhibitions as well as many solo exhibitions. His art works are found in most of the major galleries in South Africa. Sandy was at the Ruth Prowse School of Art in Sandy Esau educated at the Vooruitsig Primary Woodstock (lectured by Eric Loubser School in Darling and the Atlantis and Ryno Swart) and the Daljosafat Senior Secondary School. Missionary Station in Paarl (lectured Celebration by Judith Mason). His remarkable talent was noticed by an art professor of the University of He is regarded as one of the most Oil on Board 40 x 49cm Cape Town and he made it possible successful and talented young artists for Sandy to receive his art education in South Africa. R10 000 40 THE MITCHELL’S PLAIN BURSARY AND ROLE MODEL TRUST

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OUT FROM THE DARK (cropped) | By DION CUPIDO - Oil and spray paint on canvas