GUY DU TOIT (b. 1958)
Klief’ ‘Ploegskaar-Boegvorm Vlerk’
year unknown
bronze
size unkown
BIOGRAPHY
Guy du Toit graduated from the University of Pretoria with a BA (Fine Art) Degree, receiving a distinction in sculpture. He uses a wide range of media in his sculptures, including bronze, stone, wood and steel, and draws in pen, ink and charcoal.
He uses the unexpected juxtaposition of bronze casts of universal, everyday found (and made-to-look-found) objects to invite viewers to invent their own dialogues. Du Toit’s hares have also become a popular series exploring form through playful bronze renderings of hares who sit and ponder their thoughts, play, dance or box with each other – each exuding their own unique character and endearing quality.
Du Toit has exhibited extensively, both locally and internationally, and has been consistently supported by private and public collectors, institutions, academics and fellow artists.
Honoured with several awards, he curates and adjudicates exhibitions and lectures at several institutions, including Pelmama Academy in Soweto, Pretoria University, Johannesburg and Pretoria Technikon, and the Johannesburg School of Art, Ballet, Drama and Music. He gives workshops throughout South Africa and has been involved in community projects, seminars and symposia.