Strauss & co - 16 February 2019, Cape Town

66 49 Jacob van Schalkwyk SOUTH AFRICAN 1979– Barcelona F.C. 2012 lithographic ink on paper laid down on board 171,5 by 121 cm R70 000 – 90 000 EXHIBITED cf. Gallery AOP, Johannesburg, Jaco van Schalkwyk: Fun and Games , 24 March to 11 April 2012. Works from the same series were exhibited on this show. Similar examples are in the Hollard and Nando’s collections. LITERATURE Wilhelm van Rensburg. (2012) Jaco van Schalkwyk: Fun and Games , Johannesburg: Gallery AOP. Jaco van Schalkwyk. (2013) Drawings: 2011–2013 , Johannesburg: Gallery AOP. ITEM NOTES A graduate of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, novelist and artist Jacob van Schalkwyk’s earliest works after returning to Johannesburg in 2008 chiefly used black. This lot from Fun and Games (2012), a series of works on paper produced after his move to Cape Town, evidenced a newfound inter- est in colour, now integral to his practice. The interlocking triangles of red and blue in this lot are sug- gestive of a backgammon board and speak to Van Schalkwyk’s investigation into the distinction between form and colour, using the hard-edged abstraction of Bridget Riley and Odili Donald Odita as a foil.‘ Sean O’Toole