Walkabout with Giorgio Trobec on his 81st birthday

February 14, 2025 - February 17, 2025

54 Dryf Avenue, Ruimsig, Roodepoort

“Don’t you think that these days imaging is more to do with the art of capturing a detail?” He turns to me with an inquiring smile. “Don’t you believe that the emphasis on a detail, even if it does make the work wholly disproportionate, also makes the painting more arresting, more visually commanding? I believe that and this is why I feel that I am a naïve fauvist. I don’t strive for rigid authenticity. I am for something that is effective and captures the eye.”


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