SCULPTURE FOR REFLECTION

Jean Theron Louw is an architect whose true passion lies in sculpting. After winning the Sanlam Africa Art Award while still at school, she read her architectural degree at the University of the Free State.

In her work she focuses on issues of climate change, the state of our planet, overpopulation, urbanisation, water shortage and the need to live green. She is passionate about changing the unsustainable way in which we all live and, in her work, highlights the environmental crises we will all face.

Louw says: “The purpose of my work is to awaken a consciousness of our connectivity with the planet as a whole. I want to draw my viewer into moments of self-reflection - soul searching - for that is what makes us truly human.