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(Bio) 'Vincent Baloyi was born on 4 February 1954 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Baloyi grew up in Soemekaar in the Northern Transvaal and from 1961 attended the Fred Clarke Higher Primary School in Soweto up tp Standard 6. Around 1968 he met Sydney Kumalo, who lived nearby and showed the young boy how to make sculpture in cheap plaster of Paris. When his mother could no longer afford his school fees, Baloyi began attending free art classes with Eric Mbatha at the YMCA in Dube in 1972, and was able to save money from the sale of his works to pay for his studies at Rorke’s Drift in 1974-1975, assisted by an SAIRR bursary when his own funds ran out. The next year he won first prize for etching at the South African Association of Arts I Johannesburg, where he returned after completing his certificate. Baloyi is best known of welded metal sculpture, drawing on skills learnt in panelbeating cars and developed during a residency at AIA, Funda in 1986, and in discussions with Edoardo Villa at the time. He also made extensive visits to artists’ studios in France and Switzerland in 1989, arranged for him by Theo Gerber, who worked at Funda. In the 1980s Baloyi taught at the Open School and FUBA as well as Funda, and in the 1990s joined the support staff of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is currently working here as a fine arts technician while continuing to make his own artworks, including a sculptural commission in 2000 from Spoornet. He has exhibited in both solo and group shows in South Africa, including the 1988 Cape Town Triennial, and also abroad. During the 1990s he was associated with Artist Proof Studio projects and print exchange programmes.’ [From E. Rankin. 1994. ‘Vincent Baloyi’, Images of Metal: Pos-War Sculptures and Assemblages in South Africa. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.84-87 as featured in Hobbs and Rankin: 'Rorke's Drift Empowering Prints', 2003, p.210].
Event Date 27/8/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden

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Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. Obtained from Robyn Nesbitt, Artist Proof Studio Curator, The Bus Factory, 3 President Street, West Entrance, Newtown Cultural Precinct, Newtown/ PO Box 664, Newtown, 2113, Gauteng, Johannesburg.

Part of the Portfolio 'Volatile Alliances', 1995 with 23 prints (2014.258 - 2014.280), edition 50/65 (though this is the only print with a different edition number, 63/65). Participating artists included Paul Molete, Gordon Gabashane, Nhlanhla Xaba, Joe Ndlovu, Simon Mthimkhulu, Ezekiel Budeli, Pepe Jose Abela, Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi, Philippa Hobbs, Dominic Tshabangu, Giulio Tambellini, Moleleki Frank Ledimo, Lothar Riedel, Mbongeni Richman Buthelezi, Velaphi Mzimba, Elvin Sefati Nethononda, Sokhaya Charles Nkosi, Vincent Baloyi, Simon Sejake, Durant Sihlali, Diane Victor, Muzi Donga and Kim Berman.
Event Date 27/8/2014
Author: maa

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Etching by Vincent Baloyi titled 'Confrontation (the meeting)', 1998. Edition: 50/65. Inscribed, signed and dated: '50/65 Confrontation (The Meeting) Vincent Baloyi 98'. Condition: Good. Part of the Volatile Alliances 1995 portfolio, edition 50/65.
Event Date 27/8/2014
Author: maa