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Winner of the 2015 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, South African artist Mikhael Subotzky’s filmic works engage with narrative representation to consider the relationship between storytelling and its images. For his multimedia prize-winning project, Subotzky collaborated with Patrick Waterhouse to document an apartment block in Johannesburg built for white residents during apartheid, and the series continues his extensive meditation on life in contemporary South Africa. In Samuel (Standing), Vaalkoppies (Beaufort West Rubbish Dump), 2007, a man stands in the BeautfortWest landfill, incongruously wearing a Spiderman mask. This workis part of a larger cycle that captures Beaufort West, a town in the Western Cape home to affluent suburbs as well as extreme poverty. Photographs from this series are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, where Subotzky’s work was presented in 2008 as part of exhibition New Photography 2008: Josephine Meckseper and Mikhael Subotzky. Post Lot Text This lot will be subject to VAT of 20% on both the hammer price and buyer’s premium. Please see Conditions of Sale for further information.
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Not examined out of frame. The work appears to adhere well to the support. It is our view that the work appears to be in very good condition. Catalogue illustration: fairly accurate.
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