Strauss & co - 26 - 28 July 2020, Online

100 273 Moffat Takadiwa ZIMBABWEAN 1983– Printed Modernity found objects with fishing line height: 190; width: 60 cm; depth: 26 cm, dimensions variable R100 000 – 150 000 Moffat Takadiwa is a Zimbabwean artist who lives and works in Harare. The form of the sculpture in the present lot is complex yet minimalistic. Takadiwa re-uses old or waste materials and reimagines these objects by turning them into something completely new. Influenced by the #RhodesMustFall movement that campaigned for the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town, and which later led to a broader movement to decolonise the education system in South Africa, Takadiwa has used dismantled computer keyboards as his chosen material for this work. By taking apart keyboards – that are used to write and communicate – he is metaphorically decolonising education, and by weaving the pieces together in a new way, he constructs his own decolonised language in a spectacular form of wall sculpture that hangs as if it is dripping. Although his work focus on inequality and post-colonialism, he also deals with consumerism: his work has an impact on the environment, because he recycles and prevents pollution by reducing the need to process new raw materials.