5th Nov, 2020 19:00
Aspire X PLP | African Photography Auction 2020
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± Hasan & Husain Essop (South Africa 1985-)
La Mosqee 1892, Gorée Island, Senegal
archival pigment inks on cotton rag
Artwork date: 2010
Signature details: accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artists
Edition: number 4 from an edition of 5
archival pigment inks on cotton rag
Artwork date: 2010
Signature details: accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artists
Edition: number 4 from an edition of 5
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image size: 61 x 91 cm, framed size: 73 x 103 x 4 cm
Notes:
Hasan and Husain Essop are twin brothers based in Cape Town. They graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art (2006), majoring in Printmaking and Photography respectively. They completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Art (2009) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (2012) from the same institution. Recipients of the prestigious 2014 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art, their work has been showcased globally. Their practice includes photography, mixed media, live performance and video. Their performances have been featured in the Infecting the City public arts festival, Cape Town (2016); Live Art Festival, Cape Town (2017) and Spiel Art Festival, Munich (2017). Exhibitions include Refuge at Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (2017); the Unrest Standard Bank Young Artist national tour, South Africa (2014–2015); Remembrance at Goodman Gallery, Cape Town (2012); Indelible Marks at Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai (2011); Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2011); and Peek-a-boo Current South Africa at Helsinki Art Museum (2011). Their works are held in several private and public collections such as the Deutsche Bank Collection, Spier Art Collection and Iziko South African National Gallery, among others. "Husain and I explored Gorée Island looking for locations to photograph. We chose these sites because of their historical significance and connection to Islam. The island is located just o" the coast of Dakar and it is known for its role in the 15th to 19th century Atlantic slave trade. The mural represents three very important Imams who played an integral role in spreading Islam within Senegal, as the mosque would be a product of their influence. We included our bodies as we represent the modern influence or the reincarnation of a culture that started so many years ago. Mimicking their poses, we remember and pay tribute to these iconic figures that are unknown in the Western world but are role models within Islam."
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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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