BACK TO THE FUTURE, Abstract Art in South Africa: Past & Present forms part of an ongoing programme of exhibitions introduced by SMAC to evaluate South African abstraction. The gallery first mounted a series of three survey exhibitions in 2007, 2008 and 2009 with a follow up again in 2011. The original Back to the Future (2013) and Back to the Future II (2015) exhibitions were the first to juxtapose the work of the pioneer South African abstractionists against that of their 21st century successors, and explore the ways in which a younger generation of artists are adopting and renewing the visual language of abstraction. Back to the Future III, the third instalment, will pursue the same inquiry.

Participating artists include:

Kevin Atkinson
Walter Battiss
Christo Coetzee
Trevor Coleman
Lionel Davis
Barend de Wet
Peter Eastman
Nel Erasmus
Charles Gassner
Galia Gluckman
Jeanne Hoffman
Alexandra Karakashian
Bonolo Kavula
Erik Laubscher
Wallen Mapondera
Daniella Mooney
John Murray
Mongezi Ncaphayi
Gerda Scheepers
Fred Schimmel
Larry Scully
Usha Seejarim
Hannatjie van der Wat
Pierre Vermeulen
Edoardo Villa
Asha Zero
Sandile Zulu