Francios Van Reenen

I’m not sure if you guys are familiar with Francios Van Reenen’s work, his sculptures and imagination are beyond amazing. This Cape Town based artist makes these unique characters in all sorts of sizes, some over 1 meter tall. I saw some at Design Indaba once, they were incredible. I’m trying to decide which one I want, some of them are quite pricy and I’m presuming it’s because there are limited numbers of them, the one I want which I don’t have a picture of here because I can’t find a decent sized one, is of a similar looking girl as below walking about 20 Dachshund on leads. I saw it in real life at Tinsel in Parkhurst and believe me when I tell you it’s beyond awesome. The second I walked into the shop I headed straight for it. Click here to see a small photo of it…

Anyway I’m definitely ordering a piece, I will post about it when it arrives. I can’t wait!

– Frank van Reenen draws on the sentimentality and nostalgia of his 1950’s era toy and comic collection. His prints and sculptures draw on the conflicts these objects embody between the aesthetics and sentiments of the 50’s and modern tastes. The artist’s wry humour and self-consciously ironic view of the world is combined with autobiographical references to form the basis of his conceptual and aesthetic approach.