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Untitled (Peafowl Hen)

Joachim Schönfeldt. Untitled (Peafowl Hen). 2000

Joachim Schönfeldt (South African, born 1958; lives Johannesburg). Untitled (Peafowl Hen). 2000. One from a series of four lithographs with embossing. Composition: 13 9/16 x 16" (34.5 x 40.6 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 22 5/16" (38.2 x 56.6 cm). Publisher and printer: The Artists' Press, White River, Mpumalanga. Edition: 30. Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund, 2006. © 2011 Joachim Schönfeldt

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Joachim Schönfeldt employs irony in mock-pedantic works about the commodification of traditional African objects and turns the question of authenticity and commodity onto his own work. The artist’s depiction of three-headed female animals is inspired by Hindu, Assyrian, and Greco-Roman iconography and relates to his interest in pan-African religion.