27th Mar, 2017 15:00
Historic, Modern & Contemporary Art
141
Joachim Schönfeldt (South Africa 1958-)
Maquette 5
carved wood and oil paint
Artwork date: 2008
Signature details: signed, dated and inscribed 'Dullstroom Winter
Sold for R159,152
Estimated at R120,000 - R180,000
carved wood and oil paint
Artwork date: 2008
Signature details: signed, dated and inscribed 'Dullstroom Winter
(1)
41 x 76 x 50 cm
Notes:
Maquette 5 by Joachim Schönfeldt is an apt title for a work intended to agitate ideas concerning commerce, value and the phenomenon of the curio. This particular sculpture corresponds strongly to a work from the artist’s hand-coloured lithographic print series from the period 2000-2006, in which Schönfeldt imagined four symbols of a fictionalised Pan-African religion. Represented in MoMA’s print collection, the series features a peafowl hen, a lioness, an eagle, and a cow, all of which are three-headed.A remnant of Documentary Stills, a series of landscape paintings from 2007, also features in Maquette 5. Executed in a circular format in oil, Schönfeldt painted each scene from life. A comparable circular landscape is situated on both sides of the cow’s belly, depicting a yellowed grassy landscape. One could deduce that the scene placed on the cow serves to contextualise its presence, and perhaps, its use in daily life. However, the sculpture’s simultaneous realistic and fantastical qualities are the crux of its allure. Cleanly and intentionally fractured at the torso, each ear and neck, the sculpture has the warm, polished texture of a child’s figurine.Considering curios, collectable objects, and the symbolic use of particular animals, the work is successful in synthesising the mundane and the unlikely. In many cultures and religions, both in Southern Africa and elsewhere, cows hold significant value. Maquette 5’s immediate familiarity is thus made the more complex by its strangeness, elevating this ordinary animal into the supernatural or religious realm, without any particular contextualisation.A founding member of the Fordsburg Artist’s Studios – currently known as the Bag Factory – in Johannesburg, lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, and a staple of the South African art scene from the late 1980s well into the 2000s, Schönfeldt has contributed greatly to the development of contemporary South African art. Maquette 5 serves as an important snapshot from a particularly influential time in Schönfeldt’s career.
Amie Soudian
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Auction: Historic, Modern & Contemporary Art, 27th Mar, 2017
The Inaugural Cape Auction offed a diverse range of top-quality historic, modern and contemporary works. With a focus on critically engaged art and a curated approach, seasoned and new collectors competed to acquire significant works.
Aspire’s commitment to the growth of the art market saw international records broken in recognition of exiled South African artists. Louis Maqhubela’s Exiled King, a definitive, politically motivated work, sold for R341,040 - three times his previous record, and Albert Adams’ Untitled (Four Figures with Pitchforks), his first appearance at auction, sold for R136,416. Top prices were also achieved for established artists including J.H Pierneef, William Kentridge, and Edoardo Villa, and contemporary artwork fared exceptionally with record prices for David Brown, Steven Cohen, Mohau Modisakeng, Moshekwa Langa, and Mikhael Subotzky.
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