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Ivan Smith
South Africa
Artist highlights
- International Exposure
- Residency Participant
- Works on commission
Discover the creation in interiors
Artwork details
- Medium : Digital on Plexiglas , Other rigid frame under plexiglas
- Framing : Framing on request
- Dimensions : 39.4x39.4in
- Edition : All editions sold (10 / 10)
- Artist's proof : 1
- Hors commerce : 1
About this artwork
"Lady under the red star" reinterprets "Lady from the orient" and speaks about Tretchikoff leaving his Russian roots via Java before settling in apartheid South Afrika. One of Tretchikoff's first works painted in Java, is one of his most highly prized works "Cock fighter"
As a young Russian graphic designer Tretchikoff was employed to design propaganda posters but, since moving to South Africa, Tretchikoff stopped using any Russian imagery in… his work, as South Africa at the time was at war fighting "Die Rooi Gevaar" or "The Communist Danger" especially during the Cold War.
As a young Russian graphic designer Tretchikoff was employed to design propaganda posters but, since moving to South Africa, Tretchikoff stopped using any Russian imagery in… his work, as South Africa at the time was at war fighting "Die Rooi Gevaar" or "The Communist Danger" especially during the Cold War.
Ivan Smith
South Africa
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Residency Participant
- Works on commission
« I exist to create. »
Ivan Smith's reaction against unsustainable fast fashion, after a successful career as a fashion and textile designer, drove him to direct his creativity towards more enduring arts.
The South African painter works across disciplines, with an emphasis on mixed media painting and drawing. Since January 2020, Smith's workflow became increasingly digital, resulting in more conceptual work. His contemporary and figurative works play with pattern and design, as well as elaborate motifs, embedding mannequin-like subjects in an aesthetic "fabric of the world".
The South African painter works across disciplines, with an emphasis on mixed media painting and drawing. Since January 2020, Smith's workflow became increasingly digital, resulting in more conceptual work. His contemporary and figurative works play with pattern and design, as well as elaborate motifs, embedding mannequin-like subjects in an aesthetic "fabric of the world".
