PIASA presents, in partnership with ASPIRE auction house, a sale of African Contemporary Art on 14 February 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Sanaa Gateja is a multidisciplinary artist. He is known for recycling and sublimating wastepaper into pearls, which he assembles in abstract or figurative works on bark cloth. His artistic practice earned him the nickname "Bead King" in his home country Uganda.
Part of a tradition of African artists who develop their works in the form of large assemblages, Gateja's artistic project is also a social offering to a community of craftsmen, training them and providing an outlet for their work.
Christophe Person Head of Contemporary African Art, PIASA
Sanaa Gateja (né en 1950, Ouganda)
Perles de papier sur tissu d'écorce
250 x 180 cm
Estimation : 10080 / 15120 €
