Kim Sacks Gallery

29/07/2026

27/07/2026

EARTH & ORE ARTIST HIGHLIGHT: LUC VAN DER WALT

In the Order You See (2025)
Charcoal and lime on canvas. Framed in stained Kiaat wood.
70 x 50cm

It's Now or the Next Time (2025)
Charcoal and lime on canvas Framed in stained Kiaat wood.
60 x 40cm

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Luc approaches painting as an alchemist, gathering and grinding stone into pigment, mixing earth, sand, and charcoal into his own elemental language. His studio practice is deeply tied to the land; each painting begins with raw material gathered from the Southern Peninsula of Cape Town, Karoo clay gifted by a friend, or beach sand from his local Noordhoek. These ancient substances hold memory; their presence is not incidental but integral. The act of grinding, binding, and layering is as much about transformation as it is about mark-making; each canvas becomes a kind of ritual, a way of listening to what the earth and his instinct has to say.

His work carries the weight of these materials. The colour palette is unmistakably earthen— shades of umber, ochre, and bone-white, punctuated by deep charcoals and the occasional warmth of rusted iron. These hues emerge not from tubes of paint but from the ground itself, embodying a sense of place and deep time. In his process he sands, scrapes, and builds texture, allowing the paint to crack and settle like parched soil. The paintings feel sculptural, their surfaces marked by organic erosion and deliberate excavation.
The paintings become more than objects—they are artefacts of a lived and deeply felt experience, invitations to step into a world both ancient and immediate.

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Come and see these two works by Luc on our current exhibition, Earth & Ore, up until the 15th of August.

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23/07/2026

A sneak peak into our current Earth & Ore exhibition - closing at 5pm on Saturday the 15th of August.

Earth & Ore asks us to kneel to the ground. To consider the act of digging and unearthing — physically and metaphorically. It speaks to extracting minerals and materials from the ground, but also to revealing what lies beneath the surface: hidden histories, buried narratives, and the layered memory of land and labour.

Spanning time and space, the work on this exhibition involves a range of talented South African Contemporary artists, curated alongside ancient Artefacts collected over the past 40 years by Kim Sacks, from all around the African continent.

Curated by Tali Lehr-Sacks
Video captured by Jessica Fae

20/07/2026

Three breathtaking ceramic vessels by Heidi Beyers, currently on our Earth & Ore exhibition, until the 15th of August.

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Strandbaai
2026
Black clay with sea sand collected in Strandbaai, Western Cape.
14 x 13cm (diameter x height)

White-on-Black
2026
Black clay with porcelain slip inlay and sea sand.
16.5 x 18cm

Echoes of Earth
2026
Black clay with terracotta inlay and sea sand.
14.5 x 15.5cm

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"For me, there is a fascinating and profound connection between the raw clay which has been excavated from the earth, and the finished product. By taking materials from the earth, one feels a kind of custodianship, almost a need to say thank you. This creates a certain empathy between us and the earth. It is a privilege to use my hands and to be able to shape this clay, which has been dug up from the earth, and create a vessel. All of this eventually results in the magical connection between the raw clay, my fired vessel and the viewer, who experiences the revealed creation which was initially hidden in the earth.
For this specific exhibition - Earth & Ore - my handmade vessels are created using black clay, to which small quantities of sea sand (sourced from Strandbaai in the Western Cape) have been added to create rough and uneven surfaces. I use hand-building techniques of pinching, coiling and slab-building to create these vessels. White Porcelain and Terracotta coloured slip are then added to the surfaces and sgraffito mark-making is used to mimic the natural weathering of ancient rock formations. Afterwards, the pots are fired to earthenware temperatures. I enjoy being part of this artistic process - it creates a deep sense of fulfillment within me."

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16/07/2026

EARTH & ORE ARTIST HIGHLIGHT: LEDELLE MOE

“In my sculptural practice, I have found myself increasingly drawn to the materiality of earth—gathering soil from various locations, embedding it into my work, and using it as a foundation for contemplation on impermanence, and loss.

This autobiographical engagement with ground and soil has culminated in Findings, a collection of small figurative forms created with soil and cement. At the core of these works are reflections on place. Over the past years I have travelled to various countries including Senegal, Botswana, Martinique, Madagascar, Kenya, South Africa and Japan. In each location I gathered sand and dirt and embedded this sampling of earth into cement carvings of small birds and figures. In digging into the soil and quite literally using it as raw material in making my cement forms I was able to reflect on landscape as ground, land, soil, and earth, and to literally draw from it.

They are placeholders that, for me, engage with the desire to hold onto what inevitably slips away while acknowledging that complete preservation is impossible. The works, for me, embrace vulnerability and change and engage with rituals of mourning and remembrance.”

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"Findings" (2020 - 2025)

A collection of small figurative forms, created with soil, cement, and steel.

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View this work currently on our Earth + Ore Exhibition, until the 15th of August.

08/07/2026

Material remembers.
Before form, before object, before exhibition — there is matter.
Earth compressed over centuries.
Ore drawn from depth.
Fibre pulled from stem or animal.
Fragments found on pavements and riverbanks.

In 2026 at the Kim Sacks Gallery, we turn toward the lives of materials — toward what is dug up, what blossoms, what is cast aside and gathered again.

The second exhibition of this series, Earth & Ore asks us to kneel to the ground. To consider the act of digging and unearthing — physically and metaphorically. It speaks to extracting minerals and materials from the ground, but also to revealing what lies beneath the surface: hidden histories, buried narratives, and the layered memory of land and labour.

This exhibition traces threads across time
and material. It focuses on works involving minerals extracted from the earth, predominantly clay and metal, used across sculptural and fibre practices, both historical and contemporary.

Within the act of unearthing lies the possibility of recultivation — of planting seeds for future growth, repair and rediscovery.

Come and visit our Gallery to view this exhibition upstairs in our Maker's Space. It will be up until 5pm, Saturday the 15th of August.

14/06/2026

Join us for the opening of 'Earth & Ore' this coming Saturday the 20th of June 10am - 5pm. At 3pm, there will be tea, aoetkpekies and a casual walmabout with Kim Sacks, Tali Lehr-Sacks and a few of the participating artists.

The exhibition includes a variety of African Artefacts in clay and metal, alongside an extraordinary group of contemporary South African sculptors, ceramicists, fibre artists and painters.

20/05/2026

Our Landforms exhibition is still up for another 10 days!

Come and visit us within our opening hours:
Monday and Saturday, 10am - 5pm
Tuesday to Friday 9:30am - 5pm

Included in this video are fibre works by Mandy Shindler, Gina Niederhumer, Leila Walter, Tali Lehr-Sacks and Frances vH Studio; and ceramics by Katherine Glenday, Charmaine Haines and Clementina van der Walt.

04/05/2026

A trio of large abstract ceramic vessels by Charmaine Haines, accompanied by a collection of wall tiles by Clementina van der Walt, currently on our Landforms exhibition until the end of May.

13/04/2026

We have just received a whole new collection Of delicate and translucent “Nautilus” hanging paper sculptures by Maia Lehr-Sacks, now gently spinning in our window.

These sculptures can be safely flattened into a custom envelope for easy travel.