Contemporary Art

Live Auction, 17 February 2018

Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 45 472
Lot 41
  • Abrie Fourie; Detail, Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa


Lot Estimate
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 45 472

About this Item

South African 1969-
Detail, Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa
2001

edition 2 of 3

lambda print diasec
80 by 120cm excluding frame

Notes

‘’I have lived in Pretoria for the better part of my life and I remember this particular building - the Voortrekker Monument – as an image that permeated my youth. What is interesting about this building now is its dreamlike quality. A castle built on sand but standing still, a casket emptied of its historic glory, the remnant of a past best forgotten by many.

My practice favours an interdisciplinary approach that includes social, political, cultural and historical production, bridging issues of gender, migration, place, violence, aesthetics and questions about medium specificity and transcultural emanations of the photograph.’’

 - Abrie Fourie

Exhibited

Vision Building: Architecture in Contemporary Photography, curated by Erin Dziedzic and Stephanie Greene, SCAD, Savannah, GA, USA.

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