However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture
African artists’ work was much better represented at the national pavilions than at the biennale, a revealing actuality when it comes to black artists
With the euphoria of winning, the South African Young Artist Award winners ponder over their new works.
Mohau Modisakeng’s work reflects on violence and race, not in an autobiographical sense, but in terms of black existentiality.