Strauss & co - 16 February 2019, Cape Town

67 50 Zander Blom SOUTH AFRICAN 1982– Untitled 1.627 signed, dated 2014 and inscribed with the title on the reverse oil on linen 198 by 164 cm R220 000 – 260 000 EXHIBITED Stevenson, Cape Town, Zander Blom: New Paintings , 28 August to 4 October 2014. LITERATURE Zander Blom. (2016) Paintings Volume II, 2013–2016 , Cape Town: Stevenson. Illustrated in colour on page 271. ITEM NOTES ‘Through the corridor in the room behind me is a large canvas with crude colour rectangles and odd shapes. I watched a video podcast about a retrospective of Matisse’s colour cut-outs a couple of days ago. I started this arrangement shortly after seeing that video. I also found a reproduction of another Matisse cut-out that I stuck to the wall over a year ago. Seems like I’ve been meaning to break things up/ apart into big crude shapes, but the moment to do so has only now arrived. This may lead to a large series of works or perhaps only a few. Before I know it I’ll find myself working on something else.’ 1 1. Zander Blom. (2014) Artists statement for 2014 exhibition New Paintings at Stevenson, Cape Town, [Online], Available: http://archive. stevenson.info/exhibitions/blom/index2014. html [12 December 2018].