"Pervading the paintings of Vivian van der Merwe is a sense of living order - imperceptible, mysterious in its complexity, flexible and yielding. Van der Merwe…
Portion of a Jane Commin interview with Vivian van der Merwe, March 2001 (Edited and abridged in May 2005)JC: What role does something like illustration…
NINA BOTHA INTERVIEW WITH VIVIAN VAN DER MERWE IN STELLENBOSCH (IN THE ARTIST’S STUDIO). 29th MAY, 2002. (This interview was intended for publication in April…
Vivian van der Merwe's art concentrates almost exclusively on still-life which he abstracts to varying degrees. He normally uses an actual still-life, carefully arranged from…