Online Only - SEED II

Online-Only Auction, 17 - 24 October 2022

Session 1
About the Session

The SEED II Online-Only Auction is curated by the South African Foundation for Contemporary Art. The purchase price or the hammer price of each work sold will be distributed in support to 4 of the most active non-profit organisations in the Southern African Contemporary Art Eco-System.

No buyer’s premium will be charged on these lots. SAFFCA will arrange all domestic shipping, at no charge to the buyer. International shipping and related duties, however, will be for the buyer’s account.

 


  • Patrick Seruwu; There is one memory of us


Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000

About this Item

Uganda 1986-
There is one memory of us
2021
acrylic on canvas
152 by 230cm excluding frame

Notes

Patrick Seruwu is a self taught Ugandan artist currently living in Johnnesburg. Born in Kampala, Uganda. Talented, lauded and widely exhibited artist at over twenty exhibitions throughout the world. A selftaught artist with five years of experience of painting and drawing intricate paintings and drawing depicting a variety of themes including the struggles, suffering, strength and triumphs of African women. The recipient of a 2019 Johannes Stegmann Mentorship Programme sponsored by Lizamore & Associates Gallery, Patrick Seruwu’s first Solo exhibition opened at the gallery on November 1st, 2020.

 

My work is about the strength of woman, capturing moments of their daily lives. In a special way it acknowledges the different attributes I always see in my mother. I use charcoal drawing and acrylic painting on canvas, applied in the form of a wash. The washes mimic the constant wish that, some women have to wash away certain experiences they have undergone in their lives. I chose deliberately to wash the canvas and allowing the paint to drip as a metaphor for the women’s tears of pain but also their tears
of joy and success. My choice of color, sepia or pink. This is both a reflection of time, that is needed for healing, as well as to portray the tension of their daily lives.

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