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C& | Santu Mofokeng Wins Fondazione Fotografia Modena/Sky Arte HD Prize 2016

A story by Artthrob on the 11th of March 2016. This should take you < 1 minute to read.

Santu Mofokeng (b. 1956, Johannesburg) is the first artist to receive the biennial honor, which has been established by Fondazione Fotografia Modena and Sky Arte HD to recognise a living photographer of any nationality, whose artistic research has made a significant contribution to the development of the language of imagery in any of its multifaceted declinations.

Santu Mogfokeng has received an award of € 70,000. Coinciding with the award ceremony, the Fondazione Fotografia Modena has presented his solo exhibition ‘Santu Mofokeng. A Silent Solitude‘ , curated by Simon Njami, on view at the Modena Foro Boario, Italy, March 6 to May 8, 2016.

An international jury selected Santu Mofokeng as the winner of the 2016 Prize from a short list of six finalists, which included Claudia Andujar(Switzerland),Rineke Dijkstra (the Netherlands), Jim Goldberg (US), Yasumasa Morimura(Japan), and Zanele Muholi (South-Africa).

Read more at contemporaryand.com

Tagged: Fondazione Fotografia Modena, Santu Mofokeng, Sky Arte HD, Zanele Muholi

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