The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2023 Benefit Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s

Januario Jano

System 001

Reserves

Lot Closed

January 31, 05:18 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Januario Jano

Angolan

b.1979

System 001

mixed media

130 by 50 by 6cm., 51⅛ by 19¾ by 2⅜in.

Executed 2021

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This work has been kindly donated by the artist

Januario Jano is an interdisciplinary artist who works across sculpture, video, photography, textile, sound installations and performance. His research-based practice interrogates the delicate balance between fiction and reality, human and non-human coexistence. In this context, Jano is interested in the role of the body as a representation of globalisation and cross-cultural dynamics. Much of Jano’s work engages with Angola’s cultural reinvention, realising the need for creative interventions that facilitate innovation within postcolonial contexts.

System 001 (2021) explores objects that have an uncanny relationship to the body and self. Textiles, thread, silkscreen-printed photographs, Catholic iconography, European ceramics and rope converge to reflect on notions of hierarchy and heritage. The use of fabric is central to Jano’s practice because of its ability to store memory, their tactility and their many applications. Ultimately, Jano is interested in the threads that connect the past to the present, resulting in mixed media works that reflect hybrid notions of identity.