{"id":15176,"date":"2025-07-24T00:05:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T22:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antonsmit.co.za\/?p=15176"},"modified":"2025-09-25T22:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:09:05","slug":"east-rift-valley-land-art-initiative-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justdodev.co.za\/antsmi\/east-rift-valley-land-art-initiative-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"EAST RIFT VALLEY LAND ART INITIATIVE- TAIWAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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” Eroded Illusionistic Space ”\u00a0 – Taiwan 2025\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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TAIWAN LAND ART INITIATIVE<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\u201c Before me floats an image<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

man, or shade, Shade more than man<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

More image than a shade \u201c<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– W.B Yates<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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South African sculptor Anton Smit has just returned from Taiwan, where he was one of ten global artists invited to create for the East Rift Valley Land Art Initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n

His monumental sculpture, Eroded Illusionistic Space is a steel meditation on the theme of man and nature – drawing on the rice fields, towering mountains, and spiritual essence of the land as <\/span>inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Working with local art students from the University of Art and Technology in Taitung, Smit brought this vision to life in just two weeks. The piece is a \u201csilent bridge\u201d between worlds – rooted in the soil, yet reaching toward transcendence. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Anton Smit, Taiwan 2025<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Concept of the artwork<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201c My main objective was to create a sculpture people could relate to,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

considered the beautiful landscape of Luye, framed by mountains and surrounded by rice fields, I tried to symbolize and mimic these colours. \u201c<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Subtle colours represent the mountains which are contrasted by the yellow-green steel vertical structures, which represent the rice fields in harmonious play<\/span><\/p>\n

between subtle and bold.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The cut segments, allows the landscape to become part of the artwork and<\/span><\/p>\n

symbolizes the interconnectedness of humans and nature and our fundamental oneness with nature.<\/span><\/p>\n

We all are spiritual beings having earthly experience…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cEroded Illusionistic Space\u201d embodies our oneness with the natural world, our resilience, and our creative calling in service of something greater.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sculpture Installed 3 July 2025<\/span><\/p>\n

Title of Work: ERODED ILLUSIONISTIC SPACE<\/span><\/p>\n

Materials Used: Fiberglass, epoxy resin, sand, paint, iron<\/span><\/p>\n

Size: Height 450, Width 430, Depth 100 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

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