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Johannes Phokela; South African 1966-; Baby Seat & Dirty Wall

signed, dated '90, inscribed with the title, A/P and 'to Monika' in pencil in the margin; with further inscriptions in pencil on the reverse etching on paper image size: 19,5 by 16,5cm; sheet size: 50 by 35,5cm, unframed

Johannes Phokela; South African 1966-; Pantomime Mortal Chic

2000 inscribed with the artist's name on the stretcher oil on canvas 198,5 by 168 by 3,5cm

Johannes Phokela (South Africa 1966-), Cerebro

Cerebro

Johannes Phokela (South Africa 1966-) Head on Collar series (seven), 2006

3 signed and dated bottom right; 3 inscribed with the artist's name, the title, medium and date on a Gallery MOMO label adhered to the reverse

Johannes Phokela (South Africa 1966-) Brothers Keeper-Charles Nkosi, 2021

signed, dated and inscribed with the title on the reverse

Johannes Phokela; South African 1966-; St Sebastian

oil on canvas 177 by 100,5cm, unframed

Johannes Phokela SOUTH AFRICAN 1966- - St Sebastian

Johannes Phokela SOUTH AFRICAN 1966- St Sebastian oil on canvas 177 by 100,5cm PROVENANCE: Purchased directly from the artist. South African artist Johannes Phokela lived in London for 17 years, first studying towards a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art at the University of the Arts and then towards a Master’s degree at the Royal College of Art. During this period, the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square become a haven for the young artist. He was particularly struck by the Old Masters and he repainted their work but always with a postmodern twist. In the permanent collection of the National Gallery, Phokela saw a variety of depictions of St Sebastian, the Christian martyr killed for his religious beliefs on the orders of Roman emperor Diocletian, including those by Bernardino Zaganelli, Carlo Crivelli, Matteo di Giovanni and Lucas Cranach. It was, however, Peter Paul Rubens’s Sebastian that impressed him the most. Phokela made a life-sized replication, executed in fairly swift but deft brush strokes. He gives the saint’s martyrdom a contemporary twist by replacing the arrows that pierce the saint’s body in traditional representations with a modern AK-47 assault rifle. A wound from the weapon is visible on the saint’s abdomen, with the thread of a medical wound plug trailing out, and a few bloody discarded wound plugs are strewn around the saint’s feet. What Phokela perhaps suggests, is that contemporary warfare can be explained in terms of the past: the martyrs of modern global warfare have their precursors in St Sebastian.

Johannes Phokela, Three figures

Johannes Phokela, Three figures

Johannes Phokela (SA, born 1966) Oil Sketch, Man by a Fire, Signed & Dated '16, 29 x 24

Johannes Phokela (SA, born 1966) Oil Sketch, Man by a Fire, Signed & Dated '16, 29 x 24

Johannes Phokela (SA, born 1966) Oil Sketch, Man with Coin, Signed & Dated 2015, 29 x 24

Johannes Phokela (SA, born 1966) Oil Sketch, Man with Coin, Signed & Dated 2015, 29 x 24

Johannes Phokela - Baby Seat and Dirty Wall

Johannes Phokela Baby Seat and Dirty Wall signed, numbered 2/25 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin etching image size: 19,5 by 16,5cm; sheet size: 50 by 35,5cm, unframed

Johannes Phokela - Children of Streets

Johannes Phokela Children of Streets signed, numbered 'T/P' and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin etching image size: 15,5 by 18,5cm; sheet size: 24 by 33,5cm, unframed

Johannes Phokela - Jobless

Johannes Phokela Jobless signed, numbered 'A/P' and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin etching image size: 19,5 by 15cm; sheet size: 35 by 25cm, unframed

Johannes Phokela Ghost of Maximillian

Johannes Phokela Ghost of Maximillian oil on canvas 92 by 122cm

Johannes Phokela (SA, born 1966) Oil Sketch, "Saturn Devouring His Own Children", 58 x 41

Johannes Phokela (SA, born 1966) Oil Sketch, "Saturn Devouring His Own Children", 58 x 41

Johannes Phokela - Collar Series, seven

Johannes Phokela Collar Series, seven 3 signed and dated '06; 3 inscribed with the artist's name, title, medium and date on a Gallery MOMO label adhered to the reverse 2006 oil on paper each 58 by 40cm

Johannes Phokela (South African 1966 -) UNTITLED 1 signed and dated 1990 on

Johannes Phokela (South African 1966 -) UNTITLED 1 signed and dated 1990 on the reverse oil on canvas 95 by 64cm

Johannes Phokela (South African 1966 --) TEN PERCE

Johannes Phokela (South African 1966 --) TEN PERCENT TIP signed and dated 2015 oil on paper 29 by 24cm

Johannes Phokela, No More Mr Nice Guy; School for Gangsters

Johannes Phokela, No More Mr Nice Guy; School for Gangsters, each signed on the reverse, mixed media on canvas, 79,5 by 100,5cm each

Johannes Phokela (South African), oil on canvas,

Johannes Phokela (South African), oil on canvas, view from a window, signed and inscribed verso, 36?'' x 24'', Best Bid

Johannes Phokela - Original Sin - Fall of the Damned as Damaged, 1959

Johannes Phokela Original Sin - Fall of the Damned as Damaged, 1959 signed on the reverse mixed media on panel 86 by 66cm

Johannes Phokela (b.1966) Untitled No.1, 36 x 24in.

Johannes Phokela (b.1966) oil on canvas, Untitled No.1, signed and dated 1990 verso, 36 x 24in.

JOHANNES PHOKELA (b. 1966) Untitled, 1997

JOHANNES PHOKELA (b. 1966) Pea-Soup-Fog, 1997