PIASA presents, in partnership with ASPIRE auction house, a sale of African Contemporary Art on 14 February 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Arim Andrew was inspired from a young age by his older brother who works as an animator and illustrator.
Andrew paints characters in a hyper realistic style that combines humans and animals. The figure of the lion is used as a metaphor for ambition and megalomania. His works make the link between the cliché of an exotic and wild vision of Africa and the similar behaviours that govern modern globalised societies: thirst for success, power and money.
Its brightly coloured backgrounds break with tradition which usually emphasises only a central subject and disturbs the tracks and sapio-temporal landmarks. An avid comic book reader, Andrew's passion is reflected in his works.
Christophe Person
Arim Andrew (né en 1989, Ouganda)
Got it all, 2018
Estimate : 65000 / 95000 ZAR
