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Gavin Jantjes b. 1948, South Africa Untitled 1989­90 Acrylic on canvas National Museum of African Art, purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, 96-23-1 “Brilliant gesture! A Khoi San myth recounts how a girl dancing around an evening fire threw glowing embers into the night sky, where they remained as a wide, shimmering pathway illuminating the celestial firmament: the Milky Way. To set the historic frame of deep time, Gavin Jantjes rendered the dancing figures in a style reminiscent of southern Africa’s ancient rock paintings. African Cosmos: Stellar Arts shows how the sun, moon, stars, and the phenomena of lightning and rainbows inspired the arts of Africa for thousands of years. “ From the African Cosmos: Stellar Arts exhibition

Gavin Jantjes
b. 1948, South Africa
Untitled
1989­90
Acrylic on canvas
National Museum of African Art, purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, 96-23-1

“Brilliant gesture! A Khoi San myth recounts how a girl dancing around an evening fire threw glowing embers into the night sky, where they remained as a wide, shimmering pathway illuminating the celestial firmament: the Milky Way. To set the historic frame of deep time, Gavin Jantjes rendered the dancing figures in a style reminiscent of southern Africa’s ancient rock paintings.


African Cosmos: Stellar Arts shows how the sun, moon, stars, and the phenomena of lightning and rainbows inspired the arts of Africa for thousands of years. “

From the African Cosmos: Stellar Arts exhibition

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