Jan van der merwe biography examples

          Jan van der Merwe has been a practising artist for the past 38 years ( – ).!

          Jan van der Merwe.

        1. He was born in Virginia, grew up in KwaZulu- Natal.
        2. Jan van der Merwe has been a practising artist for the past 38 years ( – ).
        3. Jan van der Merwe (born ), South African sprinter; Jan van der Merwe (born ), South African rugby union player; Jan H van der Merwe (–), South.
        4. Jan Hendrik is born in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

          5. In the past few years I have been producing art works in which I incorporate found objects images, junk materials – objects inherited, bought, picked up. The desire to work with these materials, their shapes and textures, coupled with the images, memories and sentiments that they evoke serve as the starting point of the art making process.

          In a solo exhibition held at the African Window Museum in May 1998 (the practical component of a Master’s degree study at the Technikon Pretoria), war and soldier images were conspicuous.

          The soldier is a metaphor for the artist, who uses his personal memories, history and survival skills in the art making process. The war theme is also a tool through which personal demons could be exorcised: during the 1980’s I worked as an artist in the shows and exhibitions section of the then SADF, where I was exposed to a lot of visual material pertaining to the defense force, which I had to exhibit for propaganda purposes, along with poste