Pretoria - Hein Prinsloo-Curson’s book, You Are Noah, was central to an exhibition in London this week alongside works by some of Britain’s most famous fine artists, including Wendy Kimberley, who has paintings in the Royal Collection.
The exhibition showcases book covers from children’s fiction, picture books and young adult fiction, to cultural history, biography and memoir, political satire, poetry, science fiction and fantasy.
TV’s real life Barbie, Rachel Evans, who went to support the book, said in a Barbie world there was no war, climate change or threats to animals.
“I wanted to try to bring some of that into the real world through the Noah’s Ark Foundation because we all have a part to play in looking after the world we all live in.”
Hein was born in Johannesburg, he relocated to Pretoria at age 12 and had a simple childhood. He is the second youngest of four brothers.
Richard Prinsloo-Curson, Evans’s husband and the founder of Noah’s Ark (a state-of-the-art animal and ecological conservation park), said the exhibition in London was continuing for two weeks.
“The gallery told the publisher our exhibition is the most successful they’ve ever had.”
At the opening of the exhibition, Richard gave a speech through a video link and said that something like the Ukraine war did not exist in a Barbie world, just like Noah’s Ark.
“Conservation is not only about animals or plants, but also humans and our destructive behaviour.
“If everyone becomes Noah, wars would become a thing of the past. The solutions to conserve our stunning planet are simple, but humans make bad choices.
“You have the power in your hands, so that together we are one species: you are Noah!”
The book documents phase one of the development of the modern day Noah’s Ark in KwaZulu-Natal.
It took Hein just 12 months to write the book. “Noah’s ark is the most technologically advanced conservation project in history and has been well documented around the world in newspapers and on TV,” said Richard.
The book is the first in what will be a series of seven.
Pretoria News