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 26 450
Lot 84
  • Pierre Wilondja; Retour pour le Futur, diptych
  • Pierre Wilondja; Retour pour le Futur, diptych
  • Pierre Wilondja; Retour pour le Futur, diptych


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
VAT is charged on both hammer & premium for daggered lots
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 26 450

About this Item

Congolese 2000-
Retour pour le Futur, diptych
2021
acrylic on canvas
each 127 by 99 by 3cm, unframed

Notes

Accompanied by a Pavilion 54 certificate of authenticity.

Pierre Wilondja was born in Kinshasa, where he currently lives and works. He has been passionate about art – specifically drawing – from a young age. Between 2014 and 2121, he studied art at l’Académie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa. His paintings are an interpretation of his attempts to perceive the world in its truth; stifled by reality. Wilondja attributes his style – a mix of abstraction and surrealism – to Daniel Ludwig, an American painter.

Provenance

Pavilion 54, Global Digital Platform, 2023.

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