Strauss & co - 17 February 2018, Cape Town

74 Strauss & co contemporary art auction Working without an assistant and using the very basic tools of wire cutters and pliers, Oltmann does all the weaving and constructing of his large-scale sculptures on his own, developing and refining his initial concepts as he works. 1. Walter Oltmann in Sue Williamson. (2009) South African Art Now , New York: HarperCollins Publishers. Page 158. 24 Walter Oltmann SOUTH AFRICAN b1960 Locust 2004 brass wire 116 by 116 by 9cm R50 000 – 70 000 “The funnelling of accumulated time is so clearly carried on the surface of each work. I also like to think of this aspect of slow accretion as linking conceptually to the process of transforming and becoming – metamorphosis and hatching – as evidenced in insect life.” 1