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Exhibited
Johannesburg, Obert Contemporary, 'Y Propaganda', May 2005.
Provenance
Purchased from the Obert Gallery, South Africa;
A private collection.
The present work was completed by the artist in 2005 and exhibited at the Obert Contemporary Galley in the same year in the 2005 'Propaganda' exhibition. Believed to be a self portrait yet with the full identity of the subject concealed given the addition of a face mask and hat, End the Silence displays Kudzanai Chiurai's social political views, but also the tribulations the artist has personally experienced in his career and notions of identity.
Chiurai examines different methods and disciplines when reflecting themes of politics, economics, psychology and philosophy. Born into a political climate of a newly independent Zimbabwe, however, upon criticising the Zimbabwean government in a series of paintings in 2008, the artist self- exiled himself to South Africa. It could be said that the present work, although preluding this break from Zimbabwe, acts as early evidence the artist's desire for free speech and also his view that he would not be granted it.