Strauss & co - 19 November 2015, Johannesburg

EDUCATION ENDOWMENT AUCTION 52 95 KUDZANAI CHIURAI ZIMBABWEAN 1981– Popular Mechanics signed, dated 2009, numbered W/P and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin linocut sheet size: 215 by 108 cm; image size: 197 by 98 cm R60 000 – 80 000 Kudzanai Chiurai is an internationally acclaimed artist born in Zimbabwe. He was the first black student to graduate with a BA of Fine Art from the University of Pretoria. Chiurai’s work focuses on the political, economic and social strife in his homeland and in the African continent as a whole. He critically examines the current predicament of the African continent amidst civil war, corruption, and poverty. Chiurai works primarily in paint but has expanded his repertoire to include other mediums such as print, photography, sculpture, video and sound. Chiurai has held numerous solo exhibitions since 2003 and has participated in various local and international exhibitions, including Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which acquired Chiurai’s work for their permanent collection.