Pieter Hugo (South African, Born 1976) (Framed)
Provenance : [Propriété non datée]
- Motorbike rider with Amiloo, Abuja, Nigeria 2005 is an early photograph from Pieter Hugo's wider series The Hyena and other Men (2005-2007)
- The series was a reaction to an image taken on a mobile phone of the Gudawan Kura, in Lagos, Nigeria by a friend of Hugo's
- Translating to Hyena Handler's in Hausa, the Gudawan Kura are a mysterious, eclectic group of men who travel frequently throughout the country to entertain crowds with their dangerous animals
- The present lot was photographed at the early stages of the series, when Hugo had initially travelled to Abuja to capture the group on their travels
- A strange sight, the photograph depicts both a man and a monkey sat comfortably on the back of a motorbike
- The monkey is named Amiloo, whilst the man remains anonymous
- Amiloo is dressed oddly in a late 1990s England football shirt and the relationship between the two is unclear
- The shirt almost disguises the visibility of the chain in the lower right hand corner
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