Gavin Jantjes, Painter from Cape Town
Posted on September 3, 2009 - Filed Under Arts & Culture, Travel
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Cape Town is one of South Africa’s largest cities, and one of its primary cultural hubs. It attracts artists from all over the country, the African continent, and the world, drawn by its rich and complicated history, and extremely diverse blend of cultures and languages. Gavin Jantjes is one of the key artists to have emerged from South Africa in the 1970s, and he attracts a very sizable following whenever he does come to speak in his native town. Born in 1948, and educated here in Cape Town and Germany’s Hamburg, his work draws on contemporary sources, including Zulu cosmology, social activism, and a distinctive style that speaks of a very modern notion of identity.
His South African Coloring Book, from 1974-1975, was an extremely thoughtful critique of the country under apartheid, with rich metaphors and a strong vision. It attracted a good deal of critical acclaim, but official disdain, and he was forced into exile. Outside of South Africa, Gavin Jantjes has had a remarkable career, continuing to make a large and respectable body of rather visionary work that consistently speaks to his roots in Cape Town. He has held several posts of note, including work on the advisory board at the Tate Liverpool, was a consultant for the creation of the Institute of New International Visual Art for the Arts Council of Great Britain, and artistic director of the Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, where he is now living.
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