Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Online-Only Auction, 14 - 25 April 2022
South African Art at the Venice Biennale
About the SessionThis Venice Biennale-themed session in Strauss & Co's April online-only auction is timed to coincide with the launch of the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale in late April, and Strauss & Co’s sponsorship of the African Art in Venice Forum 2022 at Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal on 20 and 21 April. This session divulges the history of the Venice Biennale and South African art, as the art world converges on Venice. South Africa first became part of the Venice Biennale more than seventy years ago. The cordial relationship between Italy and South Africa over this period has nurtured international support for artists and art organisations in this country and continues to develop today.
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signed, dated 2008, numbered 6/35, inscribed with the title in pencil and embossed with the Artists' Press chop mark
Notes
"Adam stands like a candlestick with the torso as a flame surrounded by a deliberately demanding after-image of light, as if the viewer is blinking against the light he sees. The legs of Adam are woven together in a vein-like plait behind his knees, to suggest that his handicaps are intrinsic to his being." Judith Mason, 2008.1
1. https://www.artprintsa.com/judith-mason.html
Judith Mason exhibited at the Venice Biennale, South African Pavilion in 1966.
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