Motau, Julian

Bobbie Burgers is a contemporary Canadian painter. Her lush and Expressionistic depictions of flowers teeter on the verge of abstraction, bursting with bright color and laden with thickly applied, textural paint. “Flowers, to me, are the opposite of still,” the artist has explained. “Changing from minute to minute, they are perfect symbols for life, death, yearning, and beauty. My brushstrokes are layered with my own internal charges, depicting anger, frustration, softness, wanting, and more.” Born in 1973 in Vancouver, Canada, she studied Art History at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Her work has been exhibited widely at home and abroad, notably including Art Market San Francisco and Equinox Gallery. Today, her works are in the collections of the Berost Corporation in Toronto and the Royal Bank of Canada, among others. Burgers lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.

Motau, Julian

Born: 1948 Tzaneen, Northern Transvaal
Died: 1968 Alexandra, Johannesburg

A painter and graphic artist of scenes in townships and of figures. Worked in ink, chalk, charcoal, various graphic media and occasionally in watercolour. A sculptor

Studies: Mainly self taught with some guidance from Judith Mason

Profile: Came to Johannesburg in 1963

Exhibitions: Participated in group exhibitions from 1965 in SA; 1967 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, solo exhibition; 1968 Pretoria, Commemorative Exhibition; his works were included in graphic exhibitions in Europe from 1971; 1979 Contemporary African Art in SA, touring; 1981 Standard Bank, Soweto, Black Art Today Exhibition

Awards: 1965 Certificate of Merit, SAAA, Pretoria; 1967 First Prize, New Signatures, SAAA, Pretoria.

Represented: Pretoria Art Museum; SA National Gallery, Cape Town; University of Fort Hare; University of South Africa.

References: SAP&D; SESA; SSAP; BSAK1; 3Cs; AASA; LSAA; Echoes of African Art; Artlook August 1967 & February 1969; De Arte May 1968; SA Panorama May 1975 & July 1982