Art Blog For February 2008
25 February 2008
South African artist Johann Moolman lives and works as a full-time art maker, in the small rural village of Groot Marico, situated in the North West Province, near the Botswana border. As most mainstream contemporary art is made in, and is fed by urban concerns, the geographic influence on Johann Moolman’s work is of relevance. Marico is a point of confluence between industrial and pre-industrial society, Africa and the First World, the primordial and the sophisticated present. From within this situation of contrasts and opposites, Johann Moolman’s work sources both a rural, as well as an urban spirit and imagery, often juxtaposing the two or cross fertilizing different ideas to create new or unexpected transformations.
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18 February 2008
My gallery have been updated with my latest oil painting:
11 February 2008
Formerly an electronic engineer and manager in a multinational electronic media company Rob Mills now works in the medium of photography as his primary focus. Since 1999 he has engaged increasingly with photography as an art form. From tentative beginnings his work has grown to cover interpretations of contemporary and classical dance, human interaction with the natural world, people and more abstract concepts. Rob's work is featured on a number of fine art web sites. He has published internationally and exhibits regularly in South Africa.
Rob Mills works with a variety of photographic mediums from classical fibre based toned prints to digital pigment ink prints and interactive computer media. His recent work includes rice paper prints with wax and oils.
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4 February 2008
South African artist Aleta Michaletos was born in Pretoria 27 February 1952
She is married and the mother of 4 children.
She completed her B.A. Fine Arts Degree in 1974
Between 1971 and the present time, Aleta Michaletos served on National Social Upliftment and Cultural Art Executive Committees. She has been a Trustee of The Goodwill Foundation and has served as a Steering Committee member of the 'Friends of the Pretoria Art Museum', the 'South African Arts Association- N.Tvl' and the 'Regional Council for Cultural Affairs-N.Tvl'.
Aleta Michaletos has also established the get-together of informal groups to discuss and encourage art and culture. She has also assisted visiting foreign artists to South Africa in their arrangements to exhibit their work, meet the art community and discover the beauties of South Africa.
Aleta Michaletos has also been the subject of numerous articles in newspapers and magazines, and television and radio interviews, covering her art, her philosophy, her home and garden, her private art gallery as well as her separate singing career.
Aleta Michaletos has also been speaker to art and church groups, women's clubs and self-improvement organizations. On invitation she has been a guest lecturer at:
Fine Arts Department of the University of Pretoria, the Open Window Art Academy, Pretoria, Dordt College, Iowa, U.S.A. as well as the Ransom Everglades School in Miami, U.S.A.
Aleta Michaletos is an adventurous traveller and her recent paintings reflect her current fascination with the desert.
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