Lucky Sibiya: Abstract
Sibiya, Lucky (1942 - 1999)
Abstract
Carved, incised and painted wood panel
61 x 91 cm
Signed bottom right
Sibiya received guidance from Bill Ainslie and Cecil Skotnes, and it was Skotnes who introduced him to the incised and painted wood panel as medium.
EJ de Jager writes: Nature, as a source from which to derive shape and form, is also very important in Sibiya’s art. Here he is concerned with the phenomenon of creation, the sun, the trees, and the birds. His woodcut panels are timeless, reminiscent of the ancient traditional art of Africa, but also at the same time thoroughly modern.
EJ de Jager, Images of Man: Contemporary South African Black Art and Artists, Alice,
1992, pp 156 – 158
PROVENANCE
Yusuf and Amina Cachalia – acquired directly from the artist early 1970’s