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.


  • Julio Rizhi; Lesser Evil, Part 4
  • Julio Rizhi; Lesser Evil, Part 4
  • Julio Rizhi; Lesser Evil, Part 4


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000

About this Item

Zimbabwean 1991-
Lesser Evil, Part 4

accompanied by a First Floor Gallery Harare certificate of authenticity signed, dated 2018, numbered 'Part 4' and inscribed with the title and medium

metal, molten plastic, and wire
height: 50cm; width: 32cm; depth: 27cm

Notes

Julio Rizhi is a self-taught artist and current resident in sculpture and mixed media at Chinembiri studios, Mbare, Harare. He explores issues of environmental decay, high-density living and pollution through his found object works that are two and three-dimensional.

Biography courtesy of Africa First.

Provenance

First Floor Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe, 2018.

Africa First, 2023.

Exhibited

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, First Floor Gallery Harare, 16 to 18 February 2018.

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