ADVERTORIAL
Two decates creating
careers for young artists
The annual PPC Cement Young Concrete Sculptor Awards
Competition, also known as the YCSA, is a partnership
between our company and the Association of Arts Pretoria.
Over the past 19 years, YCSA has enabled several award
winners to launch successful careers in the art world.
The competition was initiated as one of PPC's centenary
celebrations in 1992. This year, to commemorate its 20th
anniversary, an exclusive exhibition of the current works of
previous winners was held in May - a truly remarkable
collection of talented South African sculptors and their
artworks. The event also gave aspiring artists entering the
2011 competition the perfect opportunity to see what can
be achieved with cement. One of the early winners noted
that techniques today were almost unthinkable 20 years
ago, "in 1993, we were just casting in the same old way...
today people are actually using concrete."
Angus Taylor, 1994 winner, has his own foundry in
Pretoria - working mainly in bronze, stainless steel and
concrete - where he also teaches and nurtures the talent
of young developing artists. One of these artists is
PhanuelMabaso from Limpopo (runner-up in 2005 and
overall winner in 2007) whose style is easily recognised in
the sculpture of his Grandfather which he submitted for
this exhibition.
Sonja Geyer, overall winner in 1993, is another example of
the exceptionally high calibre of work this competition has
inspired and attracted. Another previous winner of the
YCSA who has gained huge recognition for her
exceptional talent is MariekePrinsloo. Her Little Swimmer
Girl is part of an 18 sculpture narrative Walking the Road
that is currently on display on the Sea Point Promenade in
Cape Town.
The YCSA is a truly unique competition and the country's
only major competition exclusively devoted to the art of
sculpture - and undoubtedly one of the most successful
projects initiated to celebrate PPC's centenary year.
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