Anton Smit

Born in 1954 in Boksburg, a mining town in South Africa’s Transvaal province, Anton Smit followed a unique, self-taught, and passionate artistic path.

From the age of sixteen, he devoted himself entirely to sculpture, with a determination that led him, a decade later, to win first prize in the prestigious New Signatures Art Competition in Pretoria.

His works have since been exhibited at the Pretoria Art Museum and have crossed national borders to reach audiences far beyond South Africa.

Anton Smit’s spiritual quest

Anton Smit’s art speaks of humanity, of the bonds that are woven, stretched, and stretched between beings. His sculptures are a call for unity, offering comfort and serenity to sometimes troubled souls.

Smit himself subtly describes the philosophy behind his work: “I believe that Man is a spiritual being having an earthly life experience. My work depicts the transcendence of the known universe into the realm of the spirit.” (interview for Aesthetica magazine, 11/13/2013).

Anton Smit’s sculptures are distinguished by their sensitivity to the human condition, transcending the boundaries of reality to explore the essence of being.

His abstract and figurative works, often large in scale, embody a complex harmony of forms and emotions ranging from melancholy to exaltation, from pain to jubilation. His faces express the universality of experience.