Joy In Spite of Everything II
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January 31, 05:23 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Mongezi Ncaphayi
South African
b.1983
Joy In Spite of Everything II
acrylic ink and paint on paper
140 by 142cm., 55⅛ by 55⅞in.
framed: 149 by 150.5cm., 58⅝ by 59¼in.
Executed in 2022
This work has been kindly donated by the artist
Mongezi Ncaphayi’s process-based practice is primarily based in abstraction with minimalist qualities that combine drawing and painting. Often inspired by the rhythmic intonations of music, his linework and mark-making express🎶 his interest in jazz. With a background in print-making, Ncaphayi has developed a unique visual language resembling a topographic layout of blurred map-making. Persistently transcribing his understandings through his own codes, Ncaphayi engages with ideas of communication, translation and interpretation in an effort to fi🐭nd meaning.
Joy In Spite Of Everything II (2022) explores the inequalities faced by displace𓂃d, marginalised and deprived communities around the world due to political greed. The inspiration is taken from a record album by Charlie Haden and Hampton Hawes t𝓀itled As Long As There’s Music.
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