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O Outdoor art is a reflection of society.


Monuments and statues are a testament to that, being the first officially commissioned works of public art. After 1994, statues and monuments representative of black SA were erected


to acknowledge the stories of those who’d been historically disregarded. However, says Andries Botha, an internationally


renowned Durban-based artist, that art – as the most sensitive barometer of the identity discourse in the country – needed to be adopted publicly to reach the lives of everyday citizens.


“There’s much more versatile debate within the public space,” says Andries. “It’s the defining space where creative people, capital and sociology need to engage. We have to get our hands dirty.”


Since 2007, the Cape’s Stellenbosch


Outdoor Sculpture Trust (SOST) has been engaging with spaces and the public to transform the city into an art destination.


Sculptures from exhibitions like Reflections, Kom Sit, Metalwork and 20 Stellenbosch dot the town, inviting each viewer to reflect on the art. The sculptures make


Stellenbosch beautiful and colourful, while acknowledging local talent.


At Spier Wine Farm you’ll find the country’s first outdoor mosaic exhibition, developed by 16 artists from the Spier Arts Academy. At the V&A Waterfront, the Silo District engages culturally with the 20 million people who visit it annually through impactful sculptures by critically


acclaimed artists Noria Mabasa, Mohau


Modisakeng, Cameron Platter, Carl Frederik Reuterswärd, Claudette Schreuders and Gavin Young. The recent acquisition of Michele Mathison’s Angular Mass reinforces the belief of Mark Coetzee,


Executive Director & Chief Curator of Zeitz MOCAA and Chairperson of Art in Public Places, that art should be accessible to all. While most of SA’s outdoor art exhibitions and installations are found in the Western


Cape and Gauteng, Andries is adamant that “we need to get into all the public spaces so that we can mutually learn, celebrate, contemplate, reflect and enjoy beauty”.


© Dirk Vermerirre


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