Mohau Modisakeng (South Africa 1986-), Lefa 5 ,2016
Provenance : [Propriété non datée]
- WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town
Exhibited : Grahamstown, National Arts Festival; Pretoria, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum; Cape Town, Iziko South African National Gallery; Bloemfontein, Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery; Pietermaritzburg; Tatham Art Gallery; Johannesburg, Standard Bank Gallery; Potchefstroom, NWU Gallery Potchefstroom, LEFA LA NTATE, 2 July 2016 to 25 August 2017; Waltham, The Rose Art Museum, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum, 25 June 2021 - 16 June 2024
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Notes : Notes: Lefa 5 formed part of Mohau Modisakeng’s critically acclaimed installation exhibition, Lefa La Ntate, presented nationally as the Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Arts in 2016. Translated to ‘My Father's Inheritance', the installation addressed the exploitation of labour and material extraction that formed part the South Africa’s violent colonial history, industrialisation and the current reality of migrant workers. The work is both political and spiritual, as the artist photographs himself submerged in coal with his face and eyes slightly visible and open to suggest healing and rebirth. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit art students on Feenix.org, an online fundraising platform that connects students and communities to fundraise towards achieving debt-free tertiary education. Collections: Other editions of this work are held in the Minneapolis Institute of Art Collection and the Rose Art Museum Collection. The artist is represented in numerous local and international collections, notably, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town.; Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town.; Scheryn Art Collection, Cape Town.; Saatchi Gallery, London and 21C Museum Hotel, Louisville.
Condition_report : The overall condition is excellent.
