Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

604 Zander BLOM south african 1 982- 1.283 Untitled signed and dated 2012 on the reverse, inscribed with the title on a label affixed to the reverse oil on linen 105 by 75cm R40 000–60 000 605 Penny (Penelope) SIOPIS south african 1 953- Magnified Water Drops on Woman’s Torso executed circa 1990-1 signed mixed media and collage 160 by 112cm R150 000–200 000 While Penny Siopis is celebrated as South Africa’s top living painter, Zander Blom, winner of the third Jean-François Prat Prize for contemporary art, Paris, in 2014, is being hailed as one of the most exciting painters to emerge on the local art scene. Both are concerned with exploring the nature of paint and pushing the medium to its limits. Siopis produced this work after her young son suffered severe burns. 604 262