>>The Winter Sculpture Fair at the Nirox Sculpture Park

On the weekend of 4 and 5 May, the Nirox Sculpture Park just outside of Johannesburg hosted a "sculpture fair" that Johan and I attended with our friends Heather and Marius.

It was a day of enjoying contemporary art combined with the best food and wine from Franschhoek. It was so nice just to get out of the city, and spend the day in one of Gauteng’s most spectacular outdoor venues. The luxurious fair was also complemented by a high-end retail space, where visitors could browse top whiskeys, scarves, bags, teas, books and more in a stylish and cosy environment.

Although the food and wine fair was only for that one weekend, the sculptures will still be on exhibition for another month or so, every Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. The theme of the exhibition is "After the rainbow nation", and the artworks range from truly beautiful to completely bazaar, but always interesting. I also really enjoyed how ever artwork interacted with the environment and light. It is the perfect relaxed weekend outing, and wonderful just to go and take a stroll through the park, especially with the Jo'burg autumn weather so sunny and mild at the moment. I attached some of my pictures, however, the harsh mid-day sun was just too hectic on some, so only a few artworks are shown below. Best to go and have a look yourself:-)