Richard Mudariki (Zimbabwean, Born 1985) View From The Artist'S Studio (Unstretched And Unframed)
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2024-01-01 | Acquired directly from the artist in 2024; A private collection
[Propriété non datée]
- Exhibited Paris, Gallery Polaris, Richard Mudariki: 'Mubvakure' (The one who comes from afar), October - November 2019
- In communicating the social and historical issues relevant to his life, Richard Mudariki creates bright, lively and animated works in a modernist sense
- In depiction, Mudariki recalls theatrical techniques used by European Old Masters to present dramatized scenes
- Incorporated to evoke satire, Mudariki uses a heavy symbolism to direct a narrative that is engaged with current affairs
- Conversely, Mudariki also uses his work to challenge the dated notions of art history and uses his art to criticise the vacuum and canonicity of a seemingly singular art historical narrative
- Some of the paintings in the exhibition include 'A View from the artist's studio' (acrylic on canvas), in which the artist assumes the role of a witness of his time
- As the title informs, the scene is that of his studio, with a French window that frames the discontent of the masses in France, America and United Kingdom on leadership and policies
- A spotless palette and a canvas turned away from us begs for us to ask questions – is he opening his studio to the world or is the world presenting him with another reference to a new painting?
- A painting within the painting, the window becomes a 'mise en abyme' of the artist's work
- Like Jan Van Eyck in Les Epoux Arnolfini, the piece becomes a reflection of the world and a portrait of the artist's status
- (C& via Galerie Polaris, Online article, 2019)
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Condition_report : The work is in good original condition. The work would benefit from being stretched to smooth and reduce the undulations found in a rolled canvas.
