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Lot 15W

Mohau Modisakeng
(South African, born 1986)
Untitled (Frame X), 2013

2 May 2019, 14:00 EDT
New York

US$9,000 - US$12,000

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Mohau Modisakeng (South African, born 1986)

Untitled (Frame X), 2013
Edition 2 of 3 +2AP
Ink-jet print on Epson UltraSmooth
200 x 150cm (78 3/4 x 59 1/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Acquired from Brundyn+ Gallery, Cape Town, 2013;
A private collection, UK.

Illustrated
Mohau Modisakeng, with essays by Hlonipha Mokoena, Ruth Simbao, and Ashraf Jamal, (WHATIFTHEWORLD), p.22

Modisakeng was born in the South African township of Soweto, Johannesburg. His experience growing up during Apartheid is reflected and intertwined with his work. Using memory to explore different themes of history, body and place.

A graduate of the esteemed Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town, Modisakeng currently lives and works between the South African cities of Cape Town and Johannesburg. His work has also been recently exhibited at the Performa 17 Biennial, New York 2017 and the 55th Venice Biennale in 2015 as part of the South African pavilion.

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