Evening Sale
Live Virtual Auction, 17 September 2024
Evening Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Fransix Tenda Lomba is a multidisciplinary artist from Kinshasa who works primarily with drawing, painting, sculpture and animated video. His most notable works explore the themes of pain and pleasure through the complex history of chocolate production as he interrogates its cultural, economic, political, social, and geopolitical impact within the cocoa supply chain. 1 His multimedia approach compellingly combines elements from his parents' archives in Congo with visuals sourced from leading chocolate companies' historical records. The resultant drawings narrate the interconnectedness of human relationships and the relationships to the production of raw materials like cocoa, offering personal reflections on the collective memories of post-colonial societies. 2
1. Sotheby's,(no date) Fransix Tenda, online, https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/the-norval-sovereign-african-art-prize-2024-benefit-auction-hosted-by-sothebys/my-mothers-notebook, accessed 19 August 2024.
2. Galerie Fleur & Wouter (no date) Fransix Tenda Lomba, online, https://www.galeriefleurenwouter.com/fransix-tenda-lomba, accessed 19 August 2024.
Exhibited
Artist's In Residence Studio, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, June 2023.
The Norval Foundation, Cape Town, The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, 2024.