It's LIQUID International Contest - First Edition 2012: Strijdom van der Merwe

.art news	May 21, 2012
Strijdom van der Merwe, South Africa - “Reaching for the sky”, 2011
It’s LIQUID International Contest - First Edition 2012: Strijdom van der Merwe Strijdom van der Merwe is the sculpture & installation winner of It's LIQUID international contest - First Edition 2012 with his artwork “Reaching for the sky”. Born in 1961, he resides in Stellenbosch (South Africa) where he focuses all of his work. Strijdom van der Merwe studied art in several schools and academies like the Universities of Stellenbosch (South Africa), Hooge School Voor de Kunste (Utrecht, Holland), the Academy of Art and Architecture in Praha and the Kent Institute of Art and Design (Canterbury, England). Since 1996 he is working full time as an artist. Exhibitions and commissions on invitation were done in South Korea, Turkey, Belgium, France, Sweden, Lithuania, Japan, Australia, Germany, England and Italy. He held many personal exhibitions in various art galleries in the past years and his work has been bought by numerous private and public collectors. As a land artist in general he uses the materials provided by the chosen site. His sculptural forms take shape in relation to the landscape. It is a process of working with the natural world, using sand, water, wood, rocks etc… He shapes these elements into geometrical forms that participate with their environment, continually changing until their final probable destruction. He observes the fragility of beauty, while not lamenting its passing, what remains is a photographic image, a fragment of the imagination. While a visual record is materially all that is left, he also leaves us a reminder of the capacity, however feeble, of an individual to alter the universe by embracing the ceaseless changing of nature, actively contributing to it and, in so doing, modulating and beautifying the outcome. In 2012 the CIRCA Gallery of Johannesburg (South Africa) has dedicated a Solo Exhibition to him but we want to underline a beautiful installation that he made during the Soccer World Cup in Johannesburg (2010) with the name of “Fileds of Flowering Hands”. Strijdom van der Merwe Artist www.strijdom.co.za info@strijdom.co.za It's LIQUID News is an e-mail announcement service that provides information about exhibitions at some of the world's leading art galleries selected. It's LIQUID News reaches the combined audiences of International Art Fairs, galleries, museums, and is thus a powerful tool for getting directly to this influential audience with information about exhibition programs and other events. International galleries, museums, institutions, private and public groups, artists, architects, designers, are invited to join It's LIQUID News service. Each advertisement takes the form of an e-mail announcement, and features a press release, an image, and a link to the announcer's website. Announcements are distributed directly to over 60,000 international collectors, consultants, advisers, critics, writers, curators, dealers and other visual arts professionals. Database demographics: 40% in North America, 45% in Europe, 15% in other locations (South America, Australia, Japan, etc.). Additionally all announcements are permanently archived on It's LIQUID web site, creating a valuable research resource of some of the most important events world wide. It's LIQUID News offers an unprecedented opportunity for participating clients to reach the most dynamic members of the community of professionals worldwide. If you are interested in our services, or you want to open an It's LIQUID office in your city, please contact us at info@itsliquid.com. Thanks for all, It's LIQUID Group more details. www.itsliquid.com