Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art and South African Fine Wine

Live Virtual Auction, 26 - 28 July 2020

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ZAR 91 040
Lot 273
  • Moffat Takadiwa; Printed Modernity
  • Moffat Takadiwa; Printed Modernity
  • Moffat Takadiwa; Printed Modernity


Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 150 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 91 040

About this Item

Moffat Takadiwa
Zimbabwean 1983-
Printed Modernity
found objects with fishing line
height: 190; width: 60cm; depth: 26cm, dimensions variable

Notes

Moffat Takadiwa is a Zimbabwean artist who lives and works in Harare. The form of the sculpture in the present lot is complex yet minimalistic. Takadiwa re-uses old or waste materials and reimagines these objects by turning them into something completely new. Influenced by the #RhodesMustFall movement that campaigned for the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town, and which later led to a broader movement to decolonise the education system in South Africa, Takadiwa has used dismantled computer keyboards as his chosen material for this work. By taking apart keyboards – that are used to write and communicate – he is metaphorically decolonising education, and by weaving the pieces together in a new way, he constructs his own decolonised language in a spectacular form of wall sculpture that hangs as if it is dripping. Although his work focus on inequality and post-colonialism, he also deals with consumerism: his work has an impact on the environment, because he recycles and prevents pollution by reducing the need to process new raw materials.