Strauss & co - 1 December 2018, Cape Town

60 Zeitz MOCAA Benefit Art Auction Wayne Barker is well-known for his reproductions of Pierneef’s nationalist landscapes, overlaid with paint, bright neon lights, and the hallmarks of consumer culture.These works merge past with present, questioning the continued exploitation of land and people through the iconography of the age. Drawn from Barker’s latest solo exhibition, DRUM , which was held earlier this year at CIRCA Gallery in Cape Town (2018), these silkscreen prints have undergone a similar process, reflecting on the dreams imbued in DRUM, a popular South African magazine that captured the defiant spirit and vitality of South Africa’s urban areas.‘We were dreaming about a utopia,’ says the artist,‘But it was a dream. It didn’t quite happen like that.’ Wayne Barker (b. 1963, South Africa) has exhibited at Art Paris Art Fair (2017); the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2001); the Venice Biennale (1997); Johannesburg Art Gallery (2007); and the first and second Johannesburg Biennales, Johannesburg (1995 and 1997), amongst others. 28 Wayne Barker and Bailey’s African History Archives SOUTH AFRICAN 1963- Drum series, suite of 8 2018 Edition of 9 silkscreen on Fabriano 76,5 by 56cm (8) ZAR80 000 - 120 000 £4 500 - 6 600 $5 700 - 8 600 € 5 000 - 7 500 PROVENANCE Donated by the artist. Courtesy of Bailey’s African History Archives and Everard Read Gallery.