2013
“Ons Land | Our Land – The Johannesburg Station Panels Revisited”
Exhibition at Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein
● Reviewed in Volksblad on 1 October 2013 – read the full article, Natuurprag toe en nou, HERE. Written by Elretha Britz.
● Reviewed on SABC 2 News, see clip HERE.
2012
“Our Land | Ons Land – The Johannesburg Station Panels Revisited”
Exhibition in Stellenbosch reviewed in Rapport on 15 April 2012 – read the full review, Pierneef herbesoek, HERE. Written by Chris du Plessis.
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2011
“From Lion’s Head to Meiringspoort: The Cape Pierneef sites”
Exhibition at Everard Read (Cape) reviewed in Die Burger on 8 September 2011 – read the full review, Pierneef herbesoek aan Pierneef-wêreld, HERE. Written by artist and journalist Cobus van Bosch.
Travels with Pierneef 
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12/02/2014 at 18:19
Frank Gadd
Hi Carl,
Is your exhibition coming to Durban and when/where. Anita and I would like to see it. Frank
26/02/2014 at 16:24
Lorraine
This is the first time in years of web-surfing that I’ve felt sufficiently moved to post a comment. Thank you, Mr Becker, for an entertaining, informative and uplifting blog (which kept me up until 5.00 a.m. today). Lorraine
01/03/2014 at 20:07
Carl Becker
Thanks Lorraine, that is a true compliment. Are you the Lorraine that I last saw about 15 ? years ago in Joburg… you were selling artworks to hotels in Dubai if I recall?
02/03/2014 at 01:38
Lorraine
Hi Carl, thanks – sadly I’m another (indubitably less interesting) Lorraine…. not connected in the art world at all, but quite passionate about Pierneef.
Funnily enough, we bought a Landrover from a lovely elderly couple on the South Coast of KZN about a dozen years ago and when we went to collect it they invited us in to tea; we walked in to be overwhelmed by a huge Pierneef dominating their living room. It depicted a scene that, I think, was painted in Tahiti or Haiti; he had painted it as a wedding present for either them or a family member – he had been a close family friend. It was fabulously huge, and fabulously Pierneef… the only instance of my ever contemplating turning instantly to a life of crime! They were a truly wonderful couple and richly deserved the gift he painted for them.
I’m fascinated by your Pierneefian journey; as a useless amateur artist I’ve been messing around with versions of the work of Eric Ravilious and Kyffin; I’m shamelessly taking some of their works and inserting my favourite horse into the landscape, just for the fun of it. And for my eyes only – I’m not completely shameless 😉
04/03/2014 at 21:09
Carl Becker
Hi Lorraine
Very interesting story about the exotic Pierneef. Someone once mentioned to me that he did paintings of South America, which I thought was unlikely but later I heard that his daughter had married a Chilean diplomat, if I remember correctly. So its not impossible that he visited there. I’d love to see an image of that painting, I’m sure its never been reproduced. My best unexpected Pierneefs were seen at the house of a potato farmer in Limpopo – he had about six or seven that he’d acquired over the last 30 years or so!
Thanks for reading and keep up the painting!