Lot 27
Lot 27
David Koloane (1938-2019)

Mahlathini Street II

Price Realised GBP 1,250
Estimate
GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500
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David Koloane (1938-2019)

Mahlathini Street II

Price Realised GBP 1,250
Price Realised GBP 1,250
Details
David Koloane (1938-2019)
Mahlathini Street II
graphite and conté crayon on paper
2712 x 3938in. (70 x 100cm.)
Executed in 2008
Provenance
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013.
Exhibited
Cape Town, Goodman Gallery, David Koloane / Twenty Ten and Other Things, 2010.
London, Saatchi Gallery, Pangaea: New Art From Africa And Latin America, 2014 (illustrated in colour, p. 61).
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Lot Essay

Born in 1938, South African artist David Koloane spent much of his life under apartheid: an experience which pervades his work. Spanning drawing, painting and collage, his practice addresses questions surrounding human rights and political injustice, filtered through fractured representations of his urban surroundings. Depicting Mahlathini Street in Johannesburg, the present work demonstrates his combined use of abstract and figurative techniques in order to conjure the frantic complexities of the city. Until his death in 2019, Koloane played a transformative role in South Africa’s wider art scene: he was one of the founding members of Johannesburg’s first black gallery in 1977, and went on to make important contributions as a curator, writer and teacher, championing young artists during a time of segregation and discrimination. Widely celebrated for his achievements as an artist, activist and cultural pioneer, Koloane is represented in collections including the Contemporary African Art Collection, the South African National Gallery and the Botswana National Museum.
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