K230

Jonas Mutale, K230, 2025, Acrylic on canvas, 30.31 x 22.44 in. (77 x 57cm)

Framed in wood.

(Jonas, 25, has been committed to art since he was a teenager and has received mentorship from some of Zambia's older, more established artists. This mentorship is discernible in his harmonious use of vibrant colours to make sumptuous and enthralling slice-of-life scenes that are filled with overwhelming humanity and capture ever-shifting moments in time. Jonas's paintings are rich visual records that offer an understanding of ongoing lived experiences in a bustling country with an exceptionally young population; a country contemporaneously stagnant and hurtling into vast unknowns, where, in it's capital, it is not uncommon to see hawkers peddling coal for households to produce energy, and the occasional McLaren or Maybach. K230, the title of this piece, uses an abbreviation of the local currency, the Kwacha, to state the average cost of a 20kg bag of maize meal. His art career is young but off to an exceptional and exciting start, with several of his paintings selling in Europe and America.)