CHRISTO COETZEE

• CHRISTO COETZEE emerged on the international avant-garde scene in the late 1950s, engaging closely with experimental movements in Europe and Japan. His work is defined by an audacious use of non-art materials, assembling ping-pong balls, dried roots, bicycle parts, and other everyday objects onto the picture surface to probe material density and the instability of visual perception. A distinctly Baroque sensibility often permeates his compositions, where decorative impulses intersect with radical experimentation. His practice transcended geographical and disciplinary boundaries, securing a significant position within the global avant-garde and drawing wide recognition as a South African artist working on an international stage.