AFRICA’S CONTEMPORARY ARTIST


ROBERT SLINGSBY, KNOWN FOR BEING CONSISTENTLY AHEAD OF THE CURVE.....

In 2001, as a rookie on my first buying trip for Phases Africa; importer of exotic and high-end furniture from SA to the US.   I actually called up Robert Slingsby in Cape Town and went to see him at his famed home.  I totally miss calculated the rate of exchange and was under the impression I could purchase one of his treasured paintings to take back to the USA.  Well at least I cannot be accused of not having good taste, or as my mother would say, "rich-eyes."

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Here is just an abbreviated version of Robert’s resume.   I will post a link at the end of the article so you can visit his website directly.   

It seems that from an early age Robert Slingsby was at the forefront of trends.   As has been said about him, "This is an artist who will never be trendy, as he is always ahead of the trend.  " For example, whilst Robert conveyed his anti-apartheid sentiments through his art in Holland, it was considered dangerous and simply not done by the artists of the day.   By time it was politically correct to indulge in political art, Robert had moved on to examine the ancient art of Africa through his art. 

  EARLY RESISTANCE ART 1972 - 1980

HYPER - REALISM 1981 – 1982
 

Robert Slingsby was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1955. He discovered as a small child both his talent for drawing and his affinity for Africa in the form of rock-art and artefacts he left for Holland to study at the Vrije Akademie in Den Haag for five years. He held over twenty one solo exhibitions in Holland during his time there.  

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Robert is an articulate, colourful and knowledgeable man, whose creative courage has even influenced the style of everything he surrounds himself with. This has made him and his home a sought after subject for books on homes, magazines and television such as CNN Arts club and the French photojournalist Solvi dos Santos. Robert is in collections, both public and private worldwide. These include a variety of collections such as the Deutshe Bank, Department of Foreign Affairs, Investec, SASOL, Pietersburg Art Museum, Bundesbank in Germany, South African Reserve Bank, Pepsico, Witwatersrand University Collection and the personal collection of the famous family of Wyeth artists, amongst many others.  http://www.slingsby.co.za/