Sculptor Gert Swart depicts the stories that went untold

SCULPTOR Gert Swart refuses to be labelled a protest activist, yet for more than four decades his work has depicted the harsh realities of a fragmented South Africa.

“My father was a policeman and I grew up understanding that something was terribly wrong in South Africa,” he said.

Over the years the Pietermaritzburg-based artist has taken many commissions and he is hard at work in preparation for an exhibition at the Tatham Gallery next year. For this