- Dari Caplan was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1957 and lives on a wine farm near Somerset West. Dari's main inspirations have been Man Ray, her 'friend in spirit', with his diverse ideas of art and his non-acceptance of narrow parameters, the impressionists Pissaro, Monet, Van Gogh and Signac as well as the expressionists Max Pechstein and ...
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- The Wider Truth A Roundabout route to Art A roundabout route to art Before I could become a serious artist, there were a couple of demons I had to exorcise. For 35 years I had sketched, painted and doodled, but I had thrown away whatever I had drawn. The reason? Squalor! Poverty! Sexual encounters ! Firstly, a distorted, learnt idea that artists generally were a d...
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