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Kudzanai Chiurai

Zimbabwean 1981- 


Internationally acclaimed multi-disciplinary Zimbabwean artist and activist, Kudzanai Chiurai studied Fine Art at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and now lives and works in Harare. His work deals with the political, economic, and social conditions of contemporary life, as well as masculinity, violence, displacement, and postcolonialism. Chiurai’s solo exhibitions include Communists and Hot Chicken Wings: The Birth of a New Nation (Goodman Gallery project space, Arts on Main, Johannesburg, 2010); The Harvest of Thorns (The Assylem Atelje, Johannesburg, 2012); and Front Page (Mallorca Landings, Spain, 2013). He was the winner of the second FNB Art Prize in 2012, and has participated in many group shows including Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2011; This is not Africa, This is Us, Part I, at the Kunsthal Rotterdam in 2014; and Art/Afrique, Le nouvel atelier at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris in 2017. Chiurai’s ‘Conflict Resolution’ series was exhibited at documenta (13) in 2012 in Kassel and his short film, Iyeza, was selected for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in the USA.

His work is featured in public and private collections in South Africa and internationally, including the Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; UNISA Art Gallery, Pretoria; the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, USA; the Artur Walther Collection, Germany; and the Pigozzi Collection, Italy.


28 lots offered      78.57% sold      ZAR 1 152 261
 

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Kudzanai Chiurai; The Minister of Finance, Dying to be Men series
19 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 117 250
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Kudzanai Chiurai; Untitled
19 Feb 2024
Starting at ZAR 180 000
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Kudzanai Chiurai; Johannesburg Cityscape, Graceland Series
19 Sep 2023
Starting at ZAR 200 000
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Kudzanai Chiurai; Do it Yourself, Popular Mechanics I
28 Feb 2023
Sold for ZAR 70 350
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Kudzanai Chiurai; Untitled III (we never wholeheartedly adopted foreign literature)
21 Sep 2022
Starting at ZAR 50 000
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Kudzanai Chiurai; Dying to be Men, Popular Mechanics series
21 Sep 2022
Starting at ZAR 55 000
 
Kudzanai Chiurai; Genesis [Je n'isi isi] XI, Genesis series
21 Sep 2022
Sold for ZAR 102 420
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Kudzanai Chiurai; Minister of Education
28 Jun 2022
Sold for ZAR 2 932
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Kudzanai Chiurai; Minister of Arts and Culture
28 Jun 2022
Sold for ZAR 5 863
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Kudzanai Chiurai; Minister of Home Affairs
25 Apr 2022
Sold for ZAR 3 166
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Kudzanai Chiurai; The Black President
25 Apr 2022
Sold for ZAR 3 166
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Kudzanai Chiurai; Revelations V
8 Nov 2020
Sold for ZAR 182 080
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.