Anton Sydney Smit (born 2 August 1954[1]) is a contemporary South African sculptor known for his large-scale sculptures and public art exhibitions.
[2][3][5] Smit's first international exhibitions took place in 1991 in Rome and Milan, as well as at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy.
[2][3] In 1994, his work was exhibited at the inauguration of President Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.
[9] Smit’s body of work comprises heads, human figures, nudes, masks, hands, angels, floating and stretching figures, warriors as well as abstract works in steel, metal, stone, a unique iron and polymer cast mixture, and bronze.
[4][12][13] His works often depict the human form reduced to a simplified symmetry,[14] and are often patinated with vivid blue hues or dark rust.