Forex US$1 2018 glass beads and wire approx. 22 x 34 cm
2018-2019
Zimbabwean Millionaire 2018 glass beads and wire approx. 22 x 35 cm
Send Lawyers, Guns and Money 2018 glass beads and wire approx. 22 x 35 cm
The Bitter End 2018 glass beads and wire approx. 21 x 35 cm
Clear Water Catch no Fish 2018 glass beads and wire approx. 22 x 35 cm
Nokia 1100 Handshake 2 2018 glass beads and wire approx. 25 x 40 cm
When Bitterness Ends 2018 glass beads and wire approx. 22 x 35 cm
Greenback 2018
Greenback 2018 Hand-woven archival ink-jet prints 72 x 173 cm
The revenge of 400 years is losing its baby teeth 2018
The Revenge of 400 Years is Losing its Baby Teeth 2018 Baby teeth and custom-made stokie slipper approx. 22 x 9 x 6 cm
The revenge of 400 years (detail) 2018
The revenge of 400 years is losing its baby teeth
‘The revenge of 400 years is losing its baby teeth’ is modified from the Italian proverb ‘a hundred-year-old revenge still has its baby teeth’. This new version alludes to the abuse of Africans through slavery and colonialism, and how at last – this issue, ignored for so long – is slowly starting to gain traction.
It is a tradition in Zimbabwe and South Africa to put one’s baby teeth into a stokie / slipper for the Tooth Fairy as opposed to under the pillow as in most other English-speaking countries.
Hard Boiled Egg Index 2018
Hard Boiled Egg Index 2018 Semi-precious laser-etched stone eggs 28 x 24 x 6 cm
During the height of inflation from 2008 to 2009, it was difficult to measure Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation because the government of Zimbabwe stopped filing official inflation statistics. The black market exchange rate to the US dollar changed constantly. In 2008 innovative locals adopted ‘The Hard Boiled Egg Index’ to determine a fair value of exchange rate. The Hard Boiled Egg Index works on the premise that across Africa, US$1 buys around seven hard boiled eggs. Hard boiled eggs are sold on the side of the road as a snack.
