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29 42 Mikhael Subotzky . CORRIDOR, D2 SECTION, POLLS- MOOR MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Pigment ink on cotton rag paper 54 x 38.5 cm Framed Estimate: R 45 000 - R 54 000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mikhael Subotzky was born in 1981 in Cape Town, and is currently based in Johannesburg. Subotzky’s most recent body of work, Beaufort West , has been published in book form by Chris Boot Publishers and was the subject of the 2008 exhibition, New Photography: Josephine Meckseper and Mikhael Subotzky at the Museum of ModernArt in New York. Subotzky’s work has been exhibited widely in major galleries and museums, and his prints are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, the Johannesburg Art Gallery, and FOAM (FotoMuseum Amsterdam). Recent awards and grants include the Oskar Barnack Award, the Lou Stouman Award, theW. Eugene Smith Memorial Grant, the ICP Infinity Award (Young Photographer), the KLM Paul Huf Award, and the Special Jurors Award at the 2005 VIes Recontres Africaines de la Photographie in Bamako. Subotzky is represented by Goodman Gallery, Studio La Citta, and Magnum Photos. For the past two years he has been collaborating with British artist Patrick Waterhouse on an extensive new body of work based in a single building in Johannesburg - Ponte City. Note:The artist is willing to sign the work after the auction