Thesen House, 6 Long Street, Knysna, 6570

3 May - 4 June 2025

This collection of Lionel Smit's paintings and bronze sculptures opens on the 3rd of May, 2025.

Shift: Tracing Quiet Transformations

Shift captures Lionel Smit’s journey as an artist, navigating the quiet transformations that have redefined his creative process. This exhibition marks a departure from the bold, sweeping gestures of his earlier work, embracing instead the precision of smaller brushstrokes.

Intimate, small-scale figurative sculptures reflect this shift—moving from large, fragmented forms to more delicate and subtle expressions that demand both precision and introspection. Drawing from early influences, some of the works evoke the techniques of Van Gogh, the early explorations of Picasso, and the refined sculptural sensibilities of Michelangelo. Each mark and form in Shift represents a personal evolution—a move toward nuance, where even the smallest detail carries the weight of change.

Shift runs from 3 May to 4 June 2025 at Knysna Fine Art. For more information about the exhibition, contact Corlie de Kock at corlie@finearts.co.za.

Knysna Fine Art

Knysna Fine Art is one of South Africa's finest and largest galleries. They specialise in contemporary South African art in a variety of media.

The owner is Trent Read, the eldest son of the late Everard Read, who was the doyen of South African art dealers and Trent is the fifth generation of his family to be a dealer. He worked at Christie's in London and also worked in the USA. He moved to Knysna in 1994. He is considered an expert in contemporary South African art but his knowledge of the fine and applied arts in general is broad and clients of the gallery have access to a wide spectrum of expertise from his local and international links.

For inquiries at Knysna Fine Art:

corlie@finearts.co.za

Thesen House, 6 Long Street, Knysna, 6570
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