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# Ruan Hoffmann

a much celebrated and discussed artist from johannesburg, ruan hoffmann is, foremost, a painter. he also happens to paint on ceramics. his vessels and tiles are a rather unsuspecting backdrop to his provocative iconography and whip-smart one liners. armed with a paint brush and the ability to startle with a single stroke, hoffmann’s works are potent. but it is his use of ceramics that gives both the viewer and hoffman an additional dimension in which to encounter his art - hoffmann says that what he likes about ceramics is the surprise element. 

 

portrait credit: jeroen niezen [jeroenniezen@gmail.com](mailto:jeroenniezen@gmail.com)

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"i don’t know what will happen at the end. it’s exciting to see what happened, when it comes back from being fired." - ruan hoffmann

 

 

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