Herman Pretorius | 2022 Merit Award Winner
InstructuresArchival prints & computer installationInstallation: 240 cm x 175 cm x 250 cm Instructures is a computer program that explores the endless and diverse outcomes when a minimal and straightforward set of instructions are followed to build structures out of cubes. Each time the program executes, a random signature is generated. The program accepts this […]
Malik Mani | 2022 Merit Award Winner
From the concrete grew a rosePencil on Arches paper59,5 cm x 42 cm This self-portrait artwork is a depiction of the beauty and goodness that can come from hardship and struggle. It is a celebration of how people can grow beyond difficult and harsh environments to discover happiness and the best version of themselves. It […]
Regional judging completed across South Africa
The Sasol New Signatures organising team was delighted and slightly overwhelmed by the fantastic turnout of entrants at all seven regions. Some of the highest submission numbers in the competition’s history were recorded this year and this interest is reflective of the artistic energy and passion to produce that exists in all parts of the […]
Cate Terblanche – Curator of the Sasol Art Collection talks about the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition
Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your role as Curator of the Sasol Art Collection? I started with Sasol in 2017, just after their move to the new global headquarters in Sandton. I was afforded the unique opportunity to install this iconic collection from scratch in the new surroundings. Much of my focus has […]
Nico Athene | 2021 Merit Award Winner
Cultivating our Unbecoming: with Gabrielle Youngleson and Johno Mellish (2021)Diasec66,5 cm x 76,5 cm This work was made during hard lockdown, pre-vaccine when the artist was locked in with their grandmother, Gabrielle Youngleson, who had just turned 90. Johno Mellish captured the photograph through the window. The photograph describes the mutual precarity created by the […]