2021 Norval Foundation Benefit Auction
Live Virtual Auction, 9 December 2021
Session 1
Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 96 730
About this Item
South African 1984-
Somagwaza; Qabane, two
each numbered 1/20
stained glass panel
32 by 45cm excluding frame; 35 by 49,5cm including frame
Notes
The philosophical allure and allegorical value of utopia is central to Ruga’s practice. A mythical universe populated by characters which he creates and depicts has allowed Ruga to create a space of self-reflexivity in which political, cultural and social systems can be critiqued and parodied. Ruga uses his utopia as a lens to process the fraught history of a colonial past, to critique the present and propose a possible humanist vision for the future.
Provenance
Kindly donated by the artist and WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town.
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