Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Live Virtual Auction, 17 - 18 May 2021

Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 31 864
Lot 118
  • Hasan Essop and Husain Essop; La Mosquée, 1892, Gorée Island, Senegal
  • Hasan Essop and Husain Essop; La Mosquée, 1892, Gorée Island, Senegal
  • Hasan Essop and Husain Essop; La Mosquée, 1892, Gorée Island, Senegal
  • Hasan Essop and Husain Essop; La Mosquée, 1892, Gorée Island, Senegal


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 31 864

About this Item

South African 1985-
La Mosquée, 1892, Gorée Island, Senegal
digital pigment inks on cotton rag paper
image size: 66 by 102cm; 80,5 by 115,5 by 4cm including frame

Notes

Hasan and Husain Essop explore the notion of memory, specifically in relation to the history and practice of religion. The works are concerned with the notion of remembrance, and with the act of memorialising – particularly with reference to religious sites, ancient and modern – and with the tensions inherent in the act of photographing and recording memory. They raise a number of important and topical question relating to history, heritage, religious identity, and the politics of place in the context of globalisation and xenophobia.

Goodman Gallery

Exhibited

Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, Hasan and Husain Essop: Remembrance, 11 August to 15 September 2012.

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