Ways of Seeing: South African and International Photography
Live Virtual Auction, 18 September 2024
Ways of Seeing: South African and International Photography
About the SessionWays of Seeing: South African and International Photography showcases a collection of works that take a critical approach to photography, layered with themes of personhood, subjectivity and community.
The sale features works from distinct collections by passionate collectors with a discerning eye and deep engagement with art – featuring The Gary Eisenberg Collection, part of the Linda Givon Collection, works from The Photographic Archival and Preservation Association as well as a group of contemporary African artists who have made a significant mark within the medium of photography including, Zanele Muholi, Mary Sibande, Kudzanai Chiurai, Pieter Hugo and Nandipha Mntambo, among others.
With a title that pays homage to a great thinker, John Berger, Ways of Seeing: South African and International Photography challenges traditional notions of the gaze, inviting us to engage the human experience through images of nude physical forms, intimate portraits, landscapes and depictions of the environment. The sale is a meditation on the ethics of seeing, often fraught with complexity and contestation.
It highlights the diversity within both local and global photographic traditions through an array of works, with significant contributions from African photographers alongside globally renowned artists such as Bill Brandt (British), Nan Goldin (American), Bettina Rheims (French), Sebastião Salgado (Brazilian), Viviane Sassen (Dutch), Wolfgang Tillmans (German), Joel-Peter Witkin (American), André Kertész (Hungarian), Roman Vishniac (Russian-American), and Youssef Nabil (Egyptian).
A significant portion of Ways of Seeing: South African and International Photography is drawn from The Gary Eisenberg Collection following the tragic and untimely passing of Gary earlier this year. This inclusion comes with immense gratitude from Gary’s wife, Dominique Eisenberg.
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About this Item
accompanied by a Rhodesworks certificate of authenticity, signed by the artist, dated 21. 02. 2013, numbered 1/5 and inscribed with the title and medium
Exhibited
Lehmann Maupin, New York, Take Your Mind Off The Street, 10 January to 23 February 2013, another example from the edition exhibited.
Stevenson, Cape Town, Paries Pictus, 11 April to 1 June 2013, another example from the edition exhibited.
Literature
Sophie Perryer (ed) (2013) Robin Rhode: Paries Pictus, exhibition catalogue, Cape Town: Stevenson, another example from this edition illustrated in colour on pages 50 to 53.
Notes
"His strategic interventions transform urban landscapes into imaginary worlds, compressing space and time, as two-dimensional renderings become the subject of three-dimensional interactions by a sole protagonist, usually played by the artist or by an actor inhabiting the role of artist.’ 1
1. Lehmann Maupin (no date) Robin Rhode Paris Pictus, Press Release, online, https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/robin-rhode2/ press-release, accessed 29 August 2024.