This is a monograph on the South African artist Diek Grobler. The aim is to
contextualise the artist‟s oeuvre up to 2009 and to explore the visual
metaphors in his art.
Grobler has a fascination for stories. He blends tales of traditional Western
mythology, African mythology, Christian religion, folklore and magical
realism into narrative artworks. Through visual metaphors the artist
comments on the everyday human dramas that surround him – be they
political, social, psychological or cultural. Furthermore, he adds an element
of surprise to his sketches of human drama, by infusing them with irony
and humour.
My research reflects the diverse nature of Grobler‟s oeuvre as it
investigates works from various artistic genres such as painting, sculpture,
illustration, performance art, avant-garde theatre and animation. It also
examines a blend of different artistic media such as ceramics, oil paint,
gouache, pastels, scraperboard, earthenware, 2D computer animation,
puppetry, and stop-motion animation. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Art History)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/5138 |
| Date | 09 1900 |
| Creators | Langerman, Jorike |
| Contributors | Van Haute,B.M.R. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xvii, 188 leaves),ill. (chiefly col.)+ 1 computer optical disc (col., 4 3/4 in.) |
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