Unknown installations Jan van der Merwe

Used and in good condition

an van der Merwe exhibits a series of installations in this exhibition called 'Unknown'. Curator Stephan Hundt says the show will be of particular interest to students and scholars because 'it successfully demonstrates a contemporary approach to art-making without being obscure or deliberately complicated'.

Van der Merwe works primarily in rusted metal with found objects that he collects and transforms into sculptures or installations. Hundt says: 'Van der Merwe has developed a language that speaks subtly yet eloquently of the South African psyche and society. His works, fashioned from familiar objects unlike much tendentious installation art in South Africa, are deliberately accessible and encourage the viewer to pause and reflect.