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Zander Blom

South African 1982- 


Zander Blom is an abstract painter with a deep interest in earlier twentieth-century Euro-American abstract painting. Trained in graphic design, his first works were drawings, paper assemblies, sound collages and photographs of unusual painted and sculpted sets fashioned by the artist in his Brixton home in Johannesburg. Now based in Cape Town, Blom is mainly identified as a painter. In 2014, he won the third Jean-François Prat Prize for contemporary painting in Paris; his work is also included in Phaidon's anthology, Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting (2016). Blom's method is process-based and evolutionary, his canvases tending to progress through fixed series. Displeased with the capacities of brushes and oil sticks, Blom started applying his paint directly to his canvases using various palette knives, some even made by the artist. His use of impasto, gestural mark and pictorial structure, along with his exploitation of the oil paint's stain on unprimed Belgian linen, presents a distinctive painting style in South Africa. All of Blom's paintings are untitled, but for a numerical tag that situates each work in a timeline of his evolving practice.

Represented by Stevenson, Blom has held 10 solo shows at the gallery (between 2010 and 2022), the latest of which runs from 12 August to 30 September 2023. Additionally, he has participated in numerous solo and group shows in South Africa, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Mauritius, and the USA.


52 lots offered      73.08% sold      ZAR 2 713 292
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Zander Blom; The Black Hole Universe. Chapter 1. Scene 002; São Paulo; 2009
28 Jun 2022
Sold for ZAR 4 690
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Zander Blom; 1.269 [Untitled]
28 Jun 2022
Sold for ZAR 35 051
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Zander Blom; 1.24 Untitled
16 May 2022
Starting at ZAR 80 000
 
Zander Blom; Shapes in Yellow, Green and Browns
16 May 2022
Sold for ZAR 43 244
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Zander Blom; Abstract Composition in White
16 May 2022
Starting at ZAR 35 000
 
Zander Blom; Zombie Duck
5 Apr 2022
Starting at ZAR 100 000
 
Zander Blom; Untitled 1.428
11 Oct 2021
Sold for ZAR 227 600
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Zander Blom; The Black Hole Universe. Chapter 1. Scene 002; São Paulo; 2009
27 Sep 2021
Starting at ZAR 8 000
 
Zander Blom; The Black Hole Universe. Chapter 1. Scene 002; São Paulo; 2009
11 Jul 2021
Starting at ZAR 13 000
 
Zander Blom; Composition with Line, from Drain of Progress
22 Feb 2021
Sold for ZAR 12 898
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Zander Blom; Untitled [1.62]
8 Nov 2020
Sold for ZAR 227 600
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Zander Blom; Composition with Pizza
8 Nov 2020
Sold for ZAR 91 040
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.