The Goldfish Portrait

Goldfish – David Poole & Dominic Peters

Artist: Taf [Tafadzwa Mukwashi]
Oil on canvas
762mm x 1016mm

The first portrait in Facing a Century is of Dominic Peters and David Poole of Goldfish – two boys from Cape Town whose ‘genre-defying mix of jazzy house beats and searing live performances has seen them launch head first into the worldwide Dance Music consciousness’. This impasto, oil on canvas, dichromatic painting (in the distinctive Goldfish electric orange and burnt umber) of the music duo is pop art in theme. It was completed over twenty hours by the artist, Taf (Tafadzwa Mukwashi) whilst she listened to Goldfish’s albums – ‘Perceptions of Pacha’ and ‘Caught in the Loop’.