Important South African Paintings, Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Glass

Live Auction, 7 March 2011

Paintings
  • Mikhael Subotzky; Runner-up Miss Teen Show Competition, Beaufort West, 2007


Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000

About this Item

South African 1981-
Runner-up Miss Teen Show Competition, Beaufort West, 2007

bears Goodman Gallery label on reverse, edition 1/9

lightjet C-print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper
105,5 by 128cm excluding frame

Notes

accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist.

Met die televisie-uitsending dié naweek van Mej. Suid-Afrika en Mej. Tiener Suid-Afrika vars in die geheue, spook Mikhael Subotzky se foto van Runner-up Miss Teen Show Competition, Beaufort West (2007) by 'n mens. Die geheelindruk is die van skoonheidskoningin, maar in die lyf van 'n kind. Dié Runner-up het vele fasette van pruil al bemeester, en die manier waarop sy haar vir die kamera aanbied, veronderstel as't ware die begerende blik waarmee sy betrag wil word. Dis 'n provokatiewe werk waarvan die kyker in die konteks van die uitstalling sin moet maak - en dan is dit juis die kind se onvermoë om te snap waarmee sy besig is, wat die werk so roerend maak. Johan Myburg Beeld, 12.12.2007, p 6.

Exhibited

Goodman Gallery Cape, Mikhael Subotzky: Beaufort West, 2007

Johannesburg Art Gallery, A Legacy of Men, 2007

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New Photography 2008: Josephine Meckseper and Mikhael Subotzky, 2008

Literature

Beaufort West: Mikhael Subotzky, with essay by Jonny Steinberg, Chris Boot, London, 2008, p 25.

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