Strauss & co - 19 November 2015, Johannesburg

EDUCATION ENDOWMENT AUCTION 14 66 LEHLOGONOLO MASHABA SOUTH AFRICAN 1983– Origins IV signed, dated 2012, numbered BAT, inscribed with the title in pencil and embossed with the Artist Proof Studio chop mark in the margin linocut 122,5 by 79,5 cm R6 000 – 9 000 Lehlogonolo Mashaba was born in Kwa-Thema, Johannesburg in 1983. He began his art education at the Funda Center and subsequently enrolled at the Artist Proof Studio where he obtained a three year certificate in design and printmaking. In his creative process Mashaba explains, ‘I assimilate the ambiguous presence of found texts through successive processes of re- interpretation, reading, writing, printing, incision and layering.’ His work is evocative of micro-chips, multidirectional linear lines and a rapture of many tiny particles that form a figure. Mashaba says, ‘When reconstructing the primal human figure, my process highlights the strength and frailty of the human body faced by digital print, display and network technologies.’ Mashaba is a former collaborative printer in the pro-shop specializing in intaglio, relief, monotype and screenprint at Artist Proof Studio. Mashaba has participated in numerous group exhibitions in South Africa, France and the United States of America.