Notes

Number 2 from an edition of 6, plus 2 artist's proofs.

A certificate of authenticity from Whatiftheworld, Cape Town, signed by the artist accompanies the lot.

Mohau Modisakeng uses his body to explore the influence of South Africa's violent history on how we understand our cultural, political and social roles as human beings. Represented through film, large-scale photographic prints, installations and performance, Modisakeng's work responds to the history of the black body within the (South) African context, which is inseparably intertwined with the violence of the apartheid era and the early 1990s. His images are not direct representations of violence, but powerful yet poetic invocations where the body is transformed into a poignant marker of collective memory

Artist's statement

Exhibited

Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, Endabeni, 27 February to 2 April 2016, another impression from the edition exhibited.

Tyburn Gallery, London, Mohau Modisakeng: Bophirima, 10 June to 17 September 2016, another impression from the edition exhibited.

Literature

Whatiftheworld (2017) Mohau Modisakeng, Cape Town: Whatiftheworld, illustrated on page 128.