Curatorial Voices: Modern and Contemporary Art from Africa

Live Virtual Auction, 28 February 2023

Curatorial Voices: Modern and Contemporary Art from Africa
About the Session

Curatorial Voices: Modern and Contemporary Art from Africa is a dynamic collaborative project conceived by Strauss & Co to address the need for diversified representation of artists from across the African continent in the secondary market. Curated by Strauss & Co Heads of Sale, Kirsty Colledge and Kate Fellens, with input by seven international art experts with embedded knowledge of Africa; Serge Tiroche, Valerie Kabov, Heba Elkayal, Danda Jaroljmek, Anne Kariuki, Dana Endundo Ferreira, Kimberley Cunningham. Curatorial Voices presents collectors with a broad selection of work by leading contemporary artists alongside select pieces by important historical artists.


Sold for

ZAR 93 800
Lot 57
  • Rodan Kane Hart; Figures and Forms, Shelving Unit


Lot Estimate
ZAR 45 000 - 55 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 93 800

About this Item

South Africa 1988-
Figures and Forms, Shelving Unit

each signed and dated 2019; accompanied by a Rodan Kane Hart Studio invoice signed, dated, and inscribed with the title and medium

18 Key steel sculptures, on a Key steel stand
height: 220cm; width: 194cm; depth: 40cm

Notes

Rodan Kane Hart was born in Johannesburg. As a contemporary South African artist, his practice focuses on sculpture, painting, and photography. In addition to his own work as a visual artist, he is co-founder and creative director of a number of platforms including THEFOURTH in Cape Town, which is a gallery space bridging art and design.

Hart studied Fine Art at the Wits School of Art, University of Witwatersrand, and at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town. He has completed four residencies: at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield, England (2013); the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, China (2016/17); CProjects in Rome, Italy (2019); and Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France (2020). Hart has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions and his works are represented in public and private collections in Europe, Asia, and throughout South Africa.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the current owners, 2019.

Property of Collectors.

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