Meleko Mokgosi - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Phillips

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  • “I began ‘Kaffraria’ in 2011… to explore how people in southern Africa think about nationhood. Kaffraria comes from ‘British Kaffraria,’ the name of a black settlement that the British established when they first arrived here. Today it’s code for ‘kaffir,’ the equivalent of the ‘n word.’ Each chapter deals with a different set of issues, so for example the first, Lekgowa, which means white/light-skinned person, examines how white and black people’s identification procedures are inextricably bound together.”
    —Meleko Mokgosi

    • Provenance

      Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Made in L.A. 2012, June 2–September 2, 2012
      Los Angeles, Honor Fraser Gallery, Meleko Mokgosi, Pax Kaffraria, April 19–May 31, 2014
      Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery, Meleko Mokgosi: Pax Kaffraria, February 19–May 7, 2017

    • Literature

      Yael Lipschutz, “Meleko Mokgosi’s Existentialism,” Art in America, June 21, 2012, online
      Jonathan Binstock and Malik Gaines, Meleko Mokgosi, Pax Kaffraria, Los Angeles, 2014, pp. 32–33, 115 (illustrated, p. 33)
      “Meleko Mokgosi “Pax Kaffraria” @ Honor Fraser, LA” Juxtapoz, April 22, 2014, online (Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, 2014 installation view illustrated)
      “SFAQ Pick: “Pax Kaffraria” Solo Exhibition by Meleko Mokgosi at Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles,” San Francisco Arts Quarterly, April 24, 2014, online (Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, 2014 installation view illustrated)
      Rebecca Rafferty, “Contested Territory,” Rochester City Newspaper, February 22, 2017, online (Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, 2017 installation view illustrated)
      Heather Layton, “Meleko Mokgosi: Paz Kaffraria,” CAA Reviews, February 13, 2018, online

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Lekgowa (from the project Pax Kaffraria)

oil and charcoal on canvas over panel
diameter 94 1/2 in. (240 cm)
Executed in 2010–2014.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000 

Sold for $76,200

Contact Specialist

Patrizia Koenig
Specialist, Head of Sale, Afternoon Session
+1 212 940 1279
pkoenig@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023