Evening Sale

Live Virtual Auction, 17 September 2024

Evening Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 207 000
Lot 212
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight
  • Fransix Tenda Lomba; My Mother's Notebook, eight


Lot Estimate
ZAR 200 000 - 300 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 207 000

About this Item

Congolese 1984-
My Mother's Notebook, eight
2023
acrylic and oil pastel on paper
each approximately: 30,5 by 21cm; 36,5 by 26,5 by 4cm including frame

Notes

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.

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