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Artist
Mikhael Subotzky
b. 1981, Cape Town, South Africa · South African · Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town
- Photography
- Multi-screen Video Installation
- Smashed Glass Assemblage
Mikhael Subotzky works across photography, film and installation to examine incarceration, urban life, architecture and social inequality in South Africa. Long-term projects such as Ponte City use serial images and archival material to study a single place over time.
Photography; film; installation
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Mikhael Subotzky: The Excuse of Photography
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Major Works
- 2008–14Ponte City
- 2004Die Vier Hoeke
- 2006–08Beaufort West
- 2012Retinal Shift
- 2012Moses and Griffiths
- 2010sSticky Tape Transfer
- 2016WYE
- 2019Yellow Bile
- 2010sEpiphany
- 2020sSecurity
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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