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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Roelof LOUW, Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges), October 1967

Roelof LOUW South African, 1936-2017

Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges), October 1967
±6,000 oranges, wood, plastic
6'6" x 6'6" (base)
200 x 200 cm approx. (base)
Edition of 1 + 1 AP
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The most iconic work of South African sculptor Roelof Louw, Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) was first exhibited at the Arts Laboratory, London, in 1967. An interactive sculpture, viewers are...
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The most iconic work of South African sculptor Roelof Louw, Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) was first exhibited at the Arts Laboratory, London, in 1967. An interactive sculpture, viewers are encouraged to take an orange, thus altering the physical form of the work in a radical conceptual act.
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Exhibitions

For What It’s Worth: Value Systems in Art since 1960, Warehouse Dallas, 2024

Amuse-bouche. The Taste of Art, Museum Tinguely, Basel, 2020

Conceptual Art In Britain 1964-1979, Tate Britain, London, 2016

ExtraORDINARY: Everyday objects & actions in contemporary art. The Lowry, Manchester, 2015

The Gentle Way (Judo), Clifton Benevento, NYC, 2015

Project Space: Roelof Louw. Modern Art Oxford, 2014

The Five Senses, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, 2014

David Bowie Is..., Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2014

Art13, Olympia Exhibition Centre, London, 2013

United Enemies, Henry Moore Institute, 2012

For Charles Harrison, Karsten Schubert & Richard Saltoun, London, 2011

St Martin's Sculpture Department 1964-71, Tate Britain, London, 2007

Live in Your Head: Concept & Experiment in Britain 1965-75, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2000

British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1981

Arts Laboratory, London 1967

Literature

Los Cítricos: Un viaje a través de la historia y del arte. Salvador Zaragoza Adriaensens. illus. p217
Orange: Orange in perfumery,
NEZ & LMR. Published November 2023. Illustrated page. 37.

Sculptors at Stockwell Depot (Gordon Richardson Studio International, January 1969) illus. p35

Britannica: 30 Ans De Sculpture (Musee de Beaux Arts, Le Havre, 1988) illus. p16

Thinking About Exhibitions (Routledge, 1996) Sandy Nairne (Ed.) illustration of proposal pp.392-3

Live in Your Head exhibition catalogue (Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 2000) illustrated pp.124-5

United Enemies (Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 2012) front and back cover

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