Gerard Sekoto

Gerard Sekoto OIG(9 December 1913 – 20 March 1993), was a South African artist and musician. He is recognised as a pioneer of urban black art and social realism. His work was exhibited in Paris, Stockholm, Venice, Washington, and Senegal, as well as in South Africa.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerard_Sekoto&action=edit Quotes Art is a human virtue and I have given my whole self to it, for it promotes understanding among races rather than destroys it.https://www.straussart.co.za/2023/art-is-a-human-virtue-and-i-have-given-my-whole-self-to-it-for-it-promotes-understanding-among-races-rather-than-destroys-it-gerard-sekoto?hl=en-US#:~:text=%22Art%20is%20a%20human%20virtue%20and%20I,destroys%20it.%22%E2%80%94Gerard%20Sekoto%20%2D%20Strauss%20%26%20Co. I am glad that people owning my works are communicating in spirit. That makes me feel happy and puts up lights into the dubious sides of my life, to know there are people spiritually communicating in many places upon earth.https://grahamsgallery.co.za/gerard-sekoto/?hl=en-US#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20am%20glad%20that%20people%20owning%20my,and%20was%20training%20to%20be%20a%20teacher. You see all kinds of people here, coming in and out, cars driving in and out, and the culture is rich, and it is exciting... people here are genuinely interested in you.https://krux.africa/2020/11/04/sekoto-and-i/?hl=en-US One day I was looking curiously through my father's books when all of sudden, I came to the biggest surprise of my life: a drawing book in which there was still-life in colour done by his father... It struck me so much that up to this day, I regret that my father could not have continued. Although I was still young age, I could feel a poise in the composition and a stateliness in the colouring which was in true confidence of being together.https://prezi.com/p/u9c1s12s22uv/gerard-sekoto/?hl=en-US At the new home I found myself much more relaxed to concentrate upon my work... Here people were not too inquisitive about why you looked at them. Some would even be willing to pose. References