Diek Grobler
Diek Grobler (1964-) is a versatile South African painter, sculptor, graphic-, performance- and animation artist.
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Biography
Holds a BA Fine Arts degree from the University of Pretoria (1987) and a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Witwatersrand (1996).
He has exhibited professionally since 1988 and his work is included in several major public and corporate collections.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Besides his sculpting and painting, Grobler is involved in avant garde performance art, having set up his own company, Fopspeen Live Art (i.e. "Pacifier Live Art"), working under the name Fopspeen Moving Pictures in 2004 [1].
His live productions include Ararat (staged as part of the main festival program at the KKNK in 2000},
Among the animated films he has created, produced and/or directed with his company are the Filmverse project, the film Die Laaste Woord.
Sources
http://www.art.co.za/diekgrobler/
Die Burger, Die Kunste, Oktober/November 2018.
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