5th Nov, 2020 19:00
Aspire X PLP | African Photography Auction 2020
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Lindokuhle Sobekwa (South Africa 1995-)
Kids playing with plastic pipes (from the Place of Peace series)
archival ink print on Baryta
Artwork date: 2014
Signature details: accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist
Edition: number 3, from an edition of 7
Sold for R30,485
Estimated at R25,000 - R35,000
archival ink print on Baryta
Artwork date: 2014
Signature details: accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist
Edition: number 3, from an edition of 7
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image size: 40 x 60 cm, sheet size: 41 x 61 cm, unframed
Notes:
Lindokuhle Sobekwa is a South African photographer born in Katlehong, Johannesburg. He was introduced to photography in 2012 through his participation in the Of Soul and Joy Project – a photography project in Thokoza, a township in the southeast of Johannesburg. During this time, he studied with photographers Bieke Depoorter, Cyprien Clément-Delmas, Thabiso Sekgala, Tjorven Bruyneel and Kutlwano Moagi. Sobekwa began exhibiting his work in 2013 as part of a group show in Thokoza, organised by the Rubis Mécénat foundation. His photo essay, Nyaope, was published in the Mail & Guardian in 2014. Nyaope was also published in Vice magazine’s annual Photo Issue and Belgium’s De Standaard in the same year and exhibited at the Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg as part of their new artist feature exhibition. In 2015, Sobekwa was awarded a scholarship to study at the Market Photo Workshop where he completed his Foundation Course. Nyaope was exhibited in the ensuing group show, Free From My Happiness, organised by Rubis Mécénat for the International Photo Festival of Ghent. The exhibition toured to additional sites in Belgium and South Africa. A publication, edited by Tjorven Bruyneel, included a selection of the works. In 2017, Sobekwa was selected by the Magnum Foundation for Photography and Social Justice, New York, to develop the project I carry Her photo with Me. He received the Magnum Foundation Fund to continue with his long-term project, Nyaope, in 2018. Sobekwa’s work has been exhibited in South Africa, Iran, Norway and the USA, and was presented by several galleries at the 2019 edition of Paris Photo, Paris. His hand made photobook, I carry Her photo with Me, was included in African Cosmologies at the FotoFest Biennial, Houston, curated by Mark Sealy. He joined Magnum Photos in 2018 and became an associate member in 2020. This work is from the series Place of Peace, developed while Sobekwa was a student at the Of Soul and Joy Project and formed part of the exhibition In Thokoza: Place of Peace. The exhibition presented a selection of narratives developed by young photographers from Thokoza who participated in the Of Soul and Joy Project since its inception in 2012. The stories developed by these students were diverse in scope, spanning the personal, familial and political. In addition, they illustrate the complex intersection between education, culture, and identity, culminating in a wide range of captivating work. This work has also been exhibited at Paris Photo, Paris (2019).
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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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