Contemporary Art

Live Auction, 16 February 2019

Contemporary Auction

Sold for

ZAR 45 520
Lot 7
  • Richard Mudariki; From Parow to Cape Town


Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 45 520

About this Item

Zimbabwean/South African 1985-
From Parow to Cape Town
signed and dated 13; signed, dated and inscribed with the title on the reverse
oil on canvasboard
76 by 60,5cm excluding frame

Notes

Mentored by painters Allen Kupeta and Helen Lieros in Zimbabwe, Richard Mudariki moved to Cape Town in 2011 and has steadily achieved prominence despite shunning the neo-expressionist theatricality associated with recent Zimbabwean painting. In 2018 he completed a two-month residency at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, where his work also featured on the survey exhibition, Five Bhobh: Painting at the End of an Era. An allegorical painter interested in recording the temperament of his times, Mudariki’s figurative paintings liberally quote from art history while referencing contemporary politics. This lot dates from a period when he reinterpreted works by Géricault and Goya, using techniques redolent of Ben Enwonwu and Zwelethu Mthethwa, to comment on current predicaments. It records an unspectacular scene translated from life: the artist’s passage by bus into the city from his home in Parow. A companion work, From Town to Table View (2013), describes the behaviour of passengers on the bus.

Sean O’Toole

Provenance

Donated by the artist.

The proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Greatmore Studios Trust.

View all Richard Mudariki lots for sale in this auction


Other lots that might interest you
Kate Gottgens; Rattle
Kate Gottgens
Rattle
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Blessing Ngobeni; Bullfighter (Capitalist)
Blessing Ngobeni
Bullfighter (Capitalist)
ZAR 100 000 - 150 000
Penny Siopis; Slings and Arrows
Penny Siopis
Slings and Arrows
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
Judith Mason; Untitled, eight
Judith Mason
Untitled, eight
ZAR 100 000 - 150 000
Robert Hodgins; Landscape with Figures
Robert Hodgins
Landscape with Figures
ZAR 800 000 - 1 000 000
Conrad Botes; Selfportrait as a Woman (or why even the Devil suffers from castration anxiety), three panels, from the nine
Conrad Botes
Selfportrait as a Woman (or why even the Devil suffers from castration anxiety), three panels, from the nine
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000