Strauss & co - 16 February 2019, Cape Town

39 25 Husain Essop SOUTH AFRICAN 1985– Tayamum inscribed with the artist’s name and the title on a Goodman Gallery label adhered to the reverse edition number 3/5 lightjet C print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper 84 by 118 cm R30 000 – 40 000 ‘Our series of work highlights a multi-cultural clash between religion and popular cultures. We explore the dominating influence of Western theatrics and those narratives that are constructed to depict a certain reality. Each photograph reflects us in a battle of moral, religious and cultural conflicts.’ Goodman Gallery. (2010) [Online] Available: http://www.goodman-gallery.com/ exhibitions/134 [7 December 2018]. This lot is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity from the Goodman Gallery. EXHIBITED Spier Contemporary, Stellenbosch, Exhibition & Awards , December 2007 to December 2008. Another example from this edition is in the permanent collection of the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG). LITERATURE Jay Pather (ed.) (2007). Spier Contemporary 2007, Cape Town: Africa Centre. Another example from the edition is illustrated in colour on page 86. ITEM NOTES Focusing on photography, Husain Essop and his twin brother Hassan are especially interested in the role of young Muslim males in a secular environment and they document their own experiences in their digi- tally composited photographs.