Notes

"Christopher Peter is the retired director of the Irma Stern Museum. He is well known for his love of floral arrangement and is now launching a new venture into art making. His work was exhibited in a successful exhibition at the Everard Read Gallery in Cape Town this year. His world of private reverie and love of the use of pencil crayon, emerges in his landscape composition, here documenting the ancient Camphor Tree growing in the valley at Houw Hoek, a site of a toll gate established during the days of the Dutch East India Company. The imagined world of those seeking shelter under the tree, the birds and insects that have traversed through its branches, and its ancient roots buried deep below the earth’s surface are conjured in the thick trunk with its branches reaching up toward the sky."—Barbara Lindop

In celebration of the Hermanus Fynarts Festival 2024, Strauss & Co is proud to feature a selection of works curated by Intethe Gallery, Hermanus. The gallery was established in 2015 by Barbara Lindop, a legendary figure who has devoted over 45 years to identifying the extraordinary talent of Southern African artists. Lindop is perhaps best known for the work on Gerard Sekoto, one of South Africa’s most important modernist artists. Twenty–two artworks across the Day and Evening auctions are from Intethe Gallery’s collective. Barbara Lindop notes, "These artists, united in their common purpose, create aesthetic and relevant artistic commentary on contemporary sociopolitical concerns. Their work is poetic, powerful, and thought-provoking."

The auction will feature pieces addressing global warming, cultural practices, the beauty and spirituality of the natural world, political commentary, and the celebration of humanity. These themes are conveyed through various mediums including texture, line, colour planes, sculptural and ceramic forms. Lindop emphasises, "It is the privilege of the Gallery to assist in promoting these artists."