Ending 23rd Jun, 2022 17:05

The Present Future: A Private Collection of African & International Contemporary Art (Online)

 
Lot 9
 
Lot 9 - Francois van Reenen (South Africa 1969-)

9

Francois van Reenen (South Africa 1969-)
Do Bullrushes Dream of Grilled Bratwurst?

oil, acrylic, pastel and ink on canvas

Artwork date: 2010
Signature details: signed and dated bottom right
Location: Johannesburg

Estimated at R30,000 - R50,000

 

oil, acrylic, pastel and ink on canvas

Artwork date: 2010
Signature details: signed and dated bottom right
Location: Johannesburg

(1)

112.5 x 180 cm; framed size: 116.5 x 185 x 6 cm

Provenance:

Private collection, Cape Town

Notes:

‘Following in the footsteps of Japanese contemporaries like Haruki Murakami and Yoshito Nara, Francois van Reenen explores the flattening of meaning, the apathy and nostalgic longing prevalent in popular culture through the flattening of his own media. Shiny and cute sculptures and child-like rough animations of puppies and little girls and Mickey Mouse ears abound, their vacuous smiles reflecting on each other.

Many emerging South African artists have ventured into the fashionable world of “Neo-Pop”, but few have managed to capture elements of the modern psyche in such a ‘frank’ and subtle way. Frank’s characters creep under our skins and endear themselves with their familiarity, yet they maintain a distance symptomatic of our materialistic society’. (1)

SMAC Gallery. (2008), Joburg Art Fair Catalogue, p.94

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Auction: The Present Future: A Private Collection of African & International Contemporary Art (Online), ending 23rd Jun, 2022

 

Aspire Art is delighted to have been entrusted with a Private Collection of contemporary African and international art. The exciting single-owner sale is divided into two parts – a Live and Online collection – giving bidders two separate opportunities to participate. 

Running concurrently to the Live auction the Online collection includes an exciting selection of sculptures, paintings, works on paper, prints and photography and features artists such as Bastiaan van Stenis, Francois van Reenen, Georgina Gratrix and Paul Du Toit.

The collection will be on display at Aspire Art, Cape Town from 9-22 June.

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