KUDZANAI CHIURAI | Revelations II, State of the Nation series, 2011

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg/Cape Town 
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Johannesburg, Goodman Gallery Project Space, Arts on Main, State of the Nation, 2011 (another example)
Cape Town, Zeitz MOCAA, Regarding the Ease of Others, 2017 (another example)
Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Being There South Africa, a Contemporary Scene, 2017, illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 115 (another example)

Lodi Matsetela, State of the Nation, Goodman Gallery, South Africa, 2012, illustrated in colour 
Lien Heidenreich-Seleme, Sean O'Toole, Uber(W)unden: Art in Troubled Times, South Africa, 2012, illustrated in colour p.100  

Please note that this work has been examined outside of its frame. There are some very light surface marks to the back of the image as well as pieces of white or translucent cello tape running along all four edges of the work, please note that this cannot be seen from the verso. There is a approx. 2cm. high surface mark or some form of residue to the bottom left hand white border. The colours are strong and there is no apparent fading. Overall, the work appears to be in very good original condition.
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A multi-disciplinary artist, Kudzanai Chiurai has created a broad repertoire of work consisting of photography, film, painting, drawing, performance and sculpture. Part of a much larger multi-medium series entitled State of the Nation, these two powerful photographs by the young Zimbabwean artist depict scenes from a constructed African nation suffering at the hands of violent conflict. Creating work laden with enticing visual imagery, Chiurai makes use of a difficult and complex history to comment on the current state of the African continent, focusing on the socio-political issues faced by many. A sub-series of State of the Nation, Chiurai’s Revelations photographs began in 2011 and look to more deeply examine the ways in which Western society views the state of the African continent and the effect of a rapidly globalising world on war-torn African states. Born in 1981 in Zimbabwe, one year after independence, Kudzanai Chiurai’s earlier work consisted of commentary on the ongoing social, political and economic issues plaguing modern Zimbabwe. Exiled from his home country upon producing a series of works that criticized the Zimbabwean government, Chiurai now lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.

A fine art graduate of the University of Pretoria, the artist began exhibiting internationally in 2003 and has enjoyed several solo exhibitions including Selections from Revelations at MoCADA in New York (2015) and Regarding the Ease of Others at Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town (2018). Kudzanai Chiurai has participated in several group shows, including Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2011) and Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City (2011). In 2012, the artist was awarded the FNB Joburg Art Prize.