Strauss & co - 1 December 2018, Cape Town

22 Zeitz MOCAA Benefit Art Auction Thania Petersen’s multi-disciplinary approach to art is deeply embedded in the personal, local, and global contexts: from her own Cape Malay heritage to the intertwined histories of colonisation, capitalism, and religion. In I AM ROYAL - Location 4: Later District Six (2015) we see the artist’s image ‘super-imposed’ on the landscape of District Six, a site of forced removals in the 1950s.What was once a vibrant community now stands empty, with Cape Town’s bustling CBD as a backdrop. Thania Petersen (b. 1980, South Africa) has held multiple exhibitions with Everard Read Gallery, South Africa. Her work formed part of the inaugural exhibition All Things Being Equal… at Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town (South Africa: 2017- 19), and has been exhibited at the IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town (South Africa: 2017); PS Art Space Fremantle, Perth (Australia: 2017); and the 3rd World Ceramic Biennale in Kyongg Province (Korea: 2005). 9 Thania Petersen SOUTH AFRICAN 1980- I AM ROYAL - Location 4: Later District Six 2015 inkjet print on Epson hot press 62 by 89cm ZAR20 000 - 30 000 £1 100 - 1 600 $1 400 - 2 100 € 1 200 - 1 800 PROVENANCE Donated by the artist. Courtesy of WHATIFTHEWORLD.