The Scream for the Rhino - SOLD
Richard Mudariki (b 1985)
The Scream for the Rhino - 2012
Acrylic on canvas
67,5 x 47,5 cm
Signed and dated bottom right
Sold - 2012
‘The Scream for the Rhino’ was inspired by Edvard Munch’s Expressionist painting, ‘The Scream’ (1893). Munch’s original German title for the work was Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream of Nature). In his diary, on a page headed Nice 22.01.1892, Munch describes a feeling of anxiety he experienced during a walk with friends at sunset by saying, I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature – this later became the inspiration for the artwork. In a modern day African context, terrifying reports say that about 40 rhinos are killed each month by poachers. This artwork serves as a distress-call; a scream, for the plight of the rhino. It speaks for the animals who are unable to speak for themselves.