5th Nov, 2020 19:00
Aspire X PLP | African Photography Auction 2020
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Dahlia Maubane (South Africa 1988-)
Untitled (from the Woza Sisi, Mahikeng series)
archival ink print on Tecco Matt
Artwork date: 2017
Signature details: signed
Edition: number 1 from an edition of 5 + 1AP
archival ink print on Tecco Matt
Artwork date: 2017
Signature details: signed
Edition: number 1 from an edition of 5 + 1AP
(1)
image size: 56 x 84 cm, sheet size: 66 x 94 cm, unframed
Notes:
Dahlia Maubane is a photographer and multimedia designer. She completed a Bachelor of Technology in Multimedia at the University of Johannesburg in 2009 and went on to study at the Market Photo Workshop. In 2014, her on-going body of work, Woza Sisi, was one of the 10 open call projects during the Joburg Photo Umbrella. She subsequently exhibited the third culmination of Woza Sisi at her hometown, with the support of the National Arts Council in 2017. Maubane is the recipient of the inaugural Market Photo Workshop Alumnus Award and has participated in numerous Market Photo projects and exhibitions. She expanded on Woza Sisi with a new chapter of photographs which were showcased at The Photo Workshop Gallery in 2018. In 2019, Maubane’s first international solo exhibition was part of the inaugural Dialogue Vintage Photography Festival in Amsterdam. She has been awarded the 2019/2020 Ampersand Foundation Fellowship and Residency where she was based in New York for six weeks. Maubane is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Visual Arts. Woza Sisi is a project that explores how hairstylists working in the Johannesburg CBD, Mahikeng and in Maputo negotiate, navigate and shape complex demarcated trading zones. It looks at the ways in which women position themselves, how they use and negotiate urban spaces. Visibility is important for hairstylists working informally; they have to call potential clients in a persuasive way – "Woza Sisi!, Woza zobona!, Woza Nice!". The hairstylists in these images invest in creating an unforgettable experience – to keep loyal customers returning and possibly bring in new customers through word-of-mouth. The first chapter of Woza Sisi was developed in 2012 and the project has expanded with a new chapter of photographs produced with the support of the Market Photo Workshop Alumnus Award. This new chapter of the Woza Sisi project shifts the focus to the physical urban spaces in which the hairdressers live and work. Juxtaposing photographs of multiple viewpoints of Johannesburg and Maputo with tight interior views, this iteration negotiates the paradoxical multiplicity and singularity of hairdressing within these urban zones.
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Auction: Aspire X PLP | African Photography Auction 2020, 5th Nov, 2020
A collection of pan-African works, straddling the terrain between historical and contemporary photography, were auctioned to support the digitisation of African photographic legacies by the Photography Legacy Project (PLP). Bidders participated from across Europe, the USA and UK, Asia, Australia and Africa – a testament to Aspire’s increasing global reach and collectors’ enthusiasm for African photography.
The auction included photographic luminaries such as David Goldblatt, Alf Kumalo, G.R. Naidoo, Ranjith Kally and Ian Berry, as well as more contemporary internationally acclaimed photographers like Guy Tillim, Jo Ractliffe, Syowia Kyambi and Mikhael Subotzky. The lead lot, a portfolio of 12 silver gelatin prints from the legendary photographer Ernest Cole’s seminal 1967 book House of Bondage sold for an astounding R569,000 – a new world auction record.
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