Art in South AfricaThe art in South Africa is omnipresent all over the country. There are several art galleries in Cape Town and it is not suprising because this country is so diversified when it comes to art. The melting pot of cultures transpires in the South African art. The South African are extremely creative and they use various materials to express their creativity. It becomes difficult to differentiate art and handicraft in South Africa as they are, most of the time, part of the same piece. The San, the Bantu people which are the Xhosa, Zoulous, Tswana, Sotho, Ndebele, Venda and Swazi, are the ones who influenced the art all around South Africa.
The San people have left amazing drawings of animals and African people, in many caves in the country. Nowadays, these drawings have been used to decorate various souvenirs.
Ostrich eggs were also used a lot by the San to draw powerful paintings and create beautiful jewelleries with the shelves such as bracelet, necklace...
African paintings , jewelry and pottery stay amongst the favourite pieces of art that most people like to buy. Art in South Africa is also associated to fund raising and it is also a great way to support local artists and communities. Organisations such as Art Source South Africa handles an array of activities within the sector from fundraising and strategy development to curation, project development and management. It services a range of clients and interfaces between the worlds of cultural development at community and individual levels, corporate sponsors and sources of public donor funding.
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