STANDARD BANK YOUNG ARTIST WINNER, 2016: MOHAU MODISAKENG: LEFA LA NTATE

26 July 2016

Mohau Modisakeng is the recipient of the Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Arts 2016 award. His photography, films and installation grapple with the conflicting politics of leadership and nationhood, whilst also attempting to unpack the legacy of inequality, capital, labour and extraction of mineral wealth in contemporary South Africa.

Informed by his experience as a young boy in Soweto at the cross roads of a violent political transition, Modisakeng uses memory as a portal between past and present to explore themes of history, body and place within the post –apartheid context.

The LEFA LA NTATE exhibition opening will be held on Wednesday, 27 July 2016 at 17h30 at the NMM Art Museum. The exhibition will be opened by Michael Barry, Head of the Department of Arts, Culture and Heritage at NMMU.

The exhibition closes on 2 September 2016.

Opening times:

Weekdays: 09h00 – 17h00 (closed Tuesday mornings)

Entrance free.

The Art Museum will be closed weekends and public holidays until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Contact details:

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum

Address: 1 Park Drive, Central, Port Elizabeth 6001

Telephone: 041 506 2000

Fax: 041 586 3234

E-mail: artmuseum@mandelametro.gov.za

Website: www.artmuseum.co.za