14th Sep, 2022 18:00
20th Century & Contemporary Art
10
Wonder Buhle Mbambo (South African 1989-)
Questions and Answers
charcoal and soft pastel on paper
Artwork date: 2014
Signature details: signed and dated bottom right
Exhibited: Henry George Gallery, Johannesburg, 'After the Winter', 2015.
Sold for R113,800
Estimated at R100,000 - R150,000
charcoal and soft pastel on paper
Artwork date: 2014
Signature details: signed and dated bottom right
Exhibited: Henry George Gallery, Johannesburg, 'After the Winter', 2015.
(1)
148 x 228 cm; framed size: 176 x 255 x 6 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Johannesburg.
Notes:
This early large-scale drawing by emerging artist Wonder Buhle Mbambo is deeply personal and relies on images from the artist’s memory to denote the history and current realities in South Africa. Although the work is somewhat confrontational, with the inclusion of elements such as the back-to-front South African flag and the chaotic scattering of debris in this landscape setting, the moments of abstract colourful forms offer positivity and hope. The artist asks us to consider that there can be hope and despair in the same breath.[1]
Questions and Answers was exhibited at Henry George Gallery in 2015 in Johannesburg. The year after, Mbambo was awarded the Bremer Kunststipendium Art Grant residency which profiled his work on an international platform. Since then, Mbambo has been part of numerous group shows both locally and internationally and has presented solo shows at the Durban Art Gallery (2018), the PilippZollinger Galler in Zurich (2019) and BKhz in Johannesburg (2020). Most recently, he exhibited in The Medium is the Message, a group exhibition curated by Azu Nwagbogu at Unit London.
[1] Taken from the artist’s statement for the After the Winter exhibition supplied by Henry George Gallery, in correspondence with Carina Jansen, August 8, 2022.
Collections:
The artist is represented in numerous local collections, notably, Durban Art Gallery and the Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa.
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Auction: 20th Century & Contemporary Art, 14th Sep, 2022
Aspire Art will impress collectors with this focused, boutique-style auction. Including 81 carefully selected lots the sale boasts impressive examples by many of South Africa’s most celebrated artists. A fine selection of William Kentridge works, including two original drawings, Eduardo Villa sculptures, painting by Robert Hodgins and Walter Battiss and a wonderful early Penny Siopis drawing are on offer.
Also featured are two special sections – Black Modernism and Photography. Aspire has firmly cemented itself as a champion of both these collecting segments and collectors will be spoilt for choice with a rare drawing by Dumile Feni as well as works by other modernists including Gerard Sekoto, George Pemba and Lucas Sithole and photographs by David Goldblatt, Mohau Modisakeng and Simphiwe Ndzube amongst others.
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