Strauss & co - 19 November 2015, Johannesburg

77 EDUCATION ENDOWMENT AUCTION 112 COLBERT MASHILE SOUTH AFRICAN 1972– Discovery signed, dated 2012, numbered 4/10 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin linocut sheet size: 108 by 195 cm; image size: 84 by 179 cm R12 000 – 16 000 Colbert Mashile was born in 1972. Originally from Mpumalanga, he currently lives and works in Johannesburg. Mashile obtained his Certificate in Art from the Johannesburg Art Foundation and went on to study at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Heritage Studies. He has developed a distinc-tive iconographic language often dealing with the mystical, mythological and the vestiges of in-digenous elements of traditional African culture. Mashile draws on his own experiences, memory and psyche to create intensely surreal imagery. Mashile’s inclination towards graphic construction is integral in anchoring his work in the interstices of the unconscious and the sub-conscious. Mashile is represented by Everard Read Gallery.