Ugly Bruv 3
Jana Hamman
About the SessionHair Matters: A Selection of Works from the Georgina Jaffee Collection is a tightly focused, thematic auction that initiates a critical dialogue on the profound significance of hair in contemporary artistic practice. Featuring a cohort of accomplished contemporary artists, primarily those working from the African continent or within the global African diaspora, this selection of works is guided by a singular conceptual mandate: every work turns to hair as a powerful nexus, serving as medium, metaphor, or focal point of exploration.
Hair Matters illuminates the diverse interpretations and artistic vocabularies through which hair shapes identity, memory, and meaning across cultures, nations, and histories. Featuring artists such as Léonce Raphaël Agbodjélou (Benin), Ifeoma U. Anyaeji (Nigeria), Sethembile Msezane (South Africa), and Hank Willis Thomas (United States), the auction examines the aesthetics, politics, and sociology of hair, with particular emphasis on African perspectives and the connective threads that link the continent and its global diasporas.
Curatorial Voices: Natasha Becker, Jared Leite, Vida Madighi-Oghu and Sihle Motsa.
About this Item
numbered 3/10 in pencil and embossed with the artist's chopmark in the margin
Notes
“Ugly Bruv is the moniker of my friend and muse, Zander Opperman. He has been the subject of most of my photographic work because, to me, he is one of those rare individuals who live authentically – who embrace their flaws and, in a society obsessed with conventional ideals of beauty, challenge this notion by celebrating the outcast and the nonconformist. He has ‘Stay Ugly’ tattooed on his eyelids."—Jana Hamman
Jana Hamman (no date) text courtesy of the artist and Corrigall & Co, published in Hair Matters, online, accessed 27 November 20205.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist.
The Georgina Jaffee Hair Matters Collection.
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