Strauss & co - 16 February 2019, Cape Town

16 2 David Koloane SOUTH AFRICAN 1938– Street Doves II signed and dated 10 mixed media on paper 63,5 by 92,5 cm R35 000 – 50 000 GREATMORE STUDIOS TRUST LOTS 1–8 PROVENANCE Donated by the artist. The proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Greatmore Studios Trust. EXHIBITED Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, Twenty Ten Other Things , 29 April to May 2010. ITEM NOTES Koloane began his art career at the Polly Street Art Centre and the Johannesburg Art Foundation. In addition to his status as an artist he is also celebrated for his considerable contribution toward the promotion of black artists through Fuba and the Thupelo Art Project. Koloane captures the vibrancy of township life through highly energised drawings executed in an expressionistic style. The mixed media base is overlayed with the artist’s distinctive line work recording a township through gritty social re- alism. In this work the artist situates the work on the East Rand with the help of a series of cooling towers. The subdued palette is vitalised by a procession of taxis alongside the flickering motif of a passing flock of doves. ‘His success in conveying a sense of this unpredictable energy owes much to his expressionistic style. In his work aggressive lines wrestle against a muddy palette, and figures and forms become almost allegorical through their crudely stylised treatment.’ Sue Williamson. (2009) ‘David Koloane’, in South African Art Now , New York: Harper Collins. Page 242.