Bedridden

A mixed media on Board titled, Bedridden by the South African artist Daniel Rankadi Mosako (b.1970). The painting shows a bedside table with a water basin which would be used to sponge down a sick person with fever. The lines and the colours mixed with images on the surfaces are part of a fever dream experienced by the bedridden viewer. Short Biography: Daniel Rankadi Mosako was born on 23 February 197o in Johannesburg. He obtained his BA Fine Arts Degree from the North West University in 1991 and studied art at the University of Pretoria where he obtained his Masters Degree in Fine Arts om 2001. Mosako studied further with a Post Graduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies and an Honors in Information Science. From 2006 to 2018, he served the University of Pretoria as a Curator and then moved on to become an independent artist. Mosako has held several solo and group exhibitions and won several art awards such as V.O Bertrams Art of Africa Award, ABSA Atelier Art Award, the SASOL New Signatures Award, the Kempton Park art awards and the Finland Young Artists award. Mosako’s works are often visual recordings of architecture and infrastructures. Metaphorically, the paintings relate to the tribal craft design of geometric beadwork as well as the decorative colours of the architectural landscape. Mosako's works are widely held in both public collections and private collections. Mosako continues as an independent South African artist.