15th Mar, 2023 18:00
20th Century & Contemporary Art
41
Francisco Vidal (Portugal 1985-)
Black Fire, New Spirits No.1
oil and acrylic on 25 squares of handmade recycled paper adhered to canvas
Artwork date: 2015
Signature details: each square is numbered 1 through 25
Exhibited: Tiwani Contemporary, London, 'Workshop Maianga Mutamba', 12 November to 19 December 2015.; Cape Town Art Fair, CTICC, Cape Town, Tiwani Gallery (Booth A8), 17 to 19 February 2017,
Sold for R121,500
Estimated at R150,000 - R200,000
oil and acrylic on 25 squares of handmade recycled paper adhered to canvas
Artwork date: 2015
Signature details: each square is numbered 1 through 25
Exhibited: Tiwani Contemporary, London, 'Workshop Maianga Mutamba', 12 November to 19 December 2015.; Cape Town Art Fair, CTICC, Cape Town, Tiwani Gallery (Booth A8), 17 to 19 February 2017,
(25)
50 x 50 cm each; 250 x 250 cm combined
Provenance:
Private collection, Cape Town.
Tiwani Contemporary, London.
COLLECTOR'S NOTES:
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Francisco Vidal is an Angolan Portuguese contemporary artist known for his use of painting and installation art to explore themes of memory, identity, and human experience. Vidal holds an MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts, where he was mentored by Kara Walker
This work was displayed in Workshop Maianga Mutamba, the artist's first solo exhibition in the UK. The painting was produced using the U.topia Machine, a 60 x 60 cm plywood box containing an all-in-one toolkit for the mass production of screen prints, which also serves as a portable gallery. The machine was born in a response to Vidal's own experience of migration and the challenges faced by the modern, itinerant artist. The U.topia Machine envisions a system of art making and exhibiting that is no longer tied in with a sense of place, highlighting the status of the artist as an international worker.
Vidal has presented numerous solo exhibitions and shown in various group exhibitions internationally; most notably an exhibition with Tyburn Gallery at UNTITLED, Miami Beach Fair in 2018 and a project at Focus: African Perspectives at The Armory Show in 2016 in New York. Vidal's work was also selected for the Angolan Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, as well as at the Expo Milano in Italy in the same year.
The artist was selected for the EDP – Novos Artistas Award in 2005 and 2013, was one of 10 artists included in the documentary series Geração 25 de Abril.
COLLECTIONS:
The artist is represented in numerous local and international collections, notably, EDP Foundation, Lisbon; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon and the collection of Sindika Dokolo.
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Auction: 20th Century & Contemporary Art, 15th Mar, 2023
Kickstarting the 2023 program Aspire Art are delighted to present their first Live sale, 20th Century & Contemporary Art in March. The sale has become a highly anticipated event in the Cape Town auction calendar, showcasing and recognising works by truly exceptional artists from Southern Africa.
Contemporary highlights include seminal works by William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Sue Williamson, Johannes Phokela, Zander Blom, Athi-Patra Ruga, Dan Halter and Georgina Gratrix amongst others. International superstars include Pascale Marthine Tayou and Francisco Vidal. Photographic works feature prominently as a special section and include limited editioned prints by celebrated documentary photographers Alf Kumalo and David Goldblatt alongside incredible photographic works by artists like Mary Sibande, Ayana Jackson, Candice Breitz and the award-winning Mikhael Subotzky.
Leading the sale is a group of important and rare works by South African modern masters, most significantly a selection of expressive drawings by Dumile Feni and paintings by social realist George Pemba. The modern collection is complimented by a landscape painted by J.H. Pierneef and a beautifully rendered gouache by Irma Stern from 1951.
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