Fanie Buys
Portret van 'n Jong Aktuer (Portrait of a Young Actor)
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Fanie Buys
Portret van 'n Jong Aktuer (Portrait of a Young Actor)
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signed and dated on reverse
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Fanie Buys is a South African artist currently based in London. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, in 2016, specialising in printmaking, and was co-recipient of the Judy Steinberg Prize for Painting and the Simon Gerson Prize for an original body of work. Buys works in a figurative style that considers the role of traditional portraiture in contemporary society. Drawing on found images, AI and unconventional subject matter, he treats painting as a performative meditation, often with a tongue-in-cheek wit. He has held solo presentations at 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, including This Man (2018), Happy Birthday Jesus! (2019) and Miss (2021), as well as So Called with New Normal Projects, London (2023). His work has also been shown at Barnard Gallery, Smith Studio, David Krut Projects and RK Contemporary, and he was selected for the Sanlam Portrait Award Top 100 in 2015.
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