Strijdom van der merwe biography of albert

Strijdom van der Merwe grew up on a farm on the outskirts of Johannesburg  He completed his fine arts degree in 1984 at Stellenbosch University and furthered his studies at Hooge School Voor de Kunste, Utrecht, Holland (where he studied print-making); The Academy of Art and Architecture and Design, Praha, Czech Republic and at The Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, England.

Since 1996 he has worked full time as a land artist.

As a land artist he uses the materials provided by the chosen site. Strijdom van der Merwe’s sculptural forms take shape in relation to the landscape.

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It is a process of working with the natural world, using elements that he finds on site to work with. He shapes these into geometrical forms that participate with their environment, continually changing until their final probable destruction.

He observes the fragility of beauty, while not lamenting its passing, what remains is a photographic image, a fragment of time an