South African Artist Gerard Sekoto by Lillian Gray

Gerard Sekoto was a South African artist and musician. He is recognised as the 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. Gerard Sekoto had a considerable following of art collectors in South Africa and was a familiar name in the media and in art circles - an astonishing and unusual achievement for a black artist in the Apartheid time in South Africa.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:03 Early life
4:09 Moving to Sophiatown
6:16 Moving to Cape Town and the influence of District 6
7:46 Moving to Pretoria - his golden years
9:01 Moving into exile - Paris
10:16 The Tate Galery
11:54 Meeting Marthe Baillion
13:52 The death of Sekoto
14:34 Sekoto's subject matter
15:28 Where did he paint?
15:43 His painting style
16:56 The purpose of Sekoto's art
17:30 The Song of the Pick, 1946 - 1947
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And what about Peter Clarke?

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We have a long list of artists working though currently. Do you need Peter Clark for the SA School curriculum maybe?

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Lovely video. Pronunciation of Stockholm is incorrect.

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