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LUCKY SIBIYA
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LUCKY SIBIYA (SA, 1942 - 1999)
"UNTITLED - FISH & PATTERN"
CIRCA 1970's
CARVED, INCISED AND INK ON ANIMAL BONE
SCULPTURE SIZE : 30CM X 45CM X 24CM
WOODEN PLINTH SIZE : 90CM X 55CM X 34CM
EXHIBITED EVERARD READ GALLERY
(INCL. NEW WOODEN PLINTH)
A SIMILAR BONE SCULPTURE WAS ON AUCTION, BONHAMS UK, 2010, £4,000 - 6,000 (ZAR 72,000 - 110,000)
Lucky Sibiya was born in Vryheid in Natal in 1942. His father was a descendant of Chief Bambatha, but despite this noble lineage, Sibiya’s family were poor as Sibiya’s father had nine mouths to feed.
Sibiya was a born artist and never received formal training in the field of art. Instead, his introduction to art came through an unusual experience. Sibiya’s father was a sangoma (witchdoctor). As a child, Sibiya spent most of his time watching his father performing rituals, and throwing bones on the floor – essential to the consultation. It was the shape of the bones and their patterns and not the rituals per se that fascinated the young Sibiya. The bones left him thinking about the nature of artwork that could emerge from such items. Such traditional images would later influence his works.
Sibiya’s first experience as an artist was carving decorative tribal forms on calabashes with a penknife. But he soon began integrating 20th century themes, symbolized by wheels, gears and the machine age. When Sibiya later met Dumile Feni, a well known artist, Feni introduced Sibiya to Bill Anslie who in turn recommended him to Cecil Skotnes.
Sibiya’s financial breakthrough came in the 1980s when he established relations with the Everard Read Gallery, in Johannesburg. Criticized for merely producing work for financial gain, instead of the love of the art, it must be remembered that being black and working as an artist during the apartheid era was not easy. Sibiya, like others before and after him had family pressures and demands.
Sibiya’s work was often purchased by parastatals and corporations in South Africa, but were also taken up internationally. In the last years of his life, Sibiya lived in Hammanskraal, Pretoria. It was while Sibiya was preparing to mount a big exhibition at Everard Read Gallery in 1999 that he was involved in a fatal car accident in Pretoria. However, despite his untimely death, Sibiya had left an indelible mark in the world of art.
Sibiya’s work was often purchased by parastatals and corporations in South Africa, but were also taken up internationally. In the last years of his life, Sibiya lived in Hammanskraal, Pretoria. It was while Sibiya was preparing to mount a big exhibition at Everard Read Gallery in 1999 that he was involved in a fatal car accident in Pretoria. However, despite his untimely death, Sibiya had left an indelible mark in the world of art.
PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS :
Arts Association Namibia Collection
Durban Art Museum
Sandton Municipal Collection
South African National Gallery, Cape Town
University of Fort Hare
University of the Witwatersrand
William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley
Bureau of Information, Pretoria
Africana Museum, Johannesburg
SA Broadcasting Corporation, Johannesburg
Berliner Missionwerk Library, Berlin, Germany
Municipal Library, Sasolburg
National Museum and Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana
Vaal Administration Board, Sebokeng, Transvaal
The Campbell Collections of the University of Natal, Durban
Numerous Corporate Collection in South Africa, the UK, and the USA.
The Gauteng Legislative Assembly
Durban Art Museum
Sandton Municipal Collection
South African National Gallery, Cape Town
University of Fort Hare
University of the Witwatersrand
William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley
Bureau of Information, Pretoria
Africana Museum, Johannesburg
SA Broadcasting Corporation, Johannesburg
Berliner Missionwerk Library, Berlin, Germany
Municipal Library, Sasolburg
National Museum and Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana
Vaal Administration Board, Sebokeng, Transvaal
The Campbell Collections of the University of Natal, Durban
Numerous Corporate Collection in South Africa, the UK, and the USA.
The Gauteng Legislative Assembly
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LUCKY SIBIYA HIGHEST AUCTION RESULT R360 000-00
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