A Botswana-born, Los Angeles, U.S.-based
artist, Meleko Mokgosi has won the new Mohn Award, worth a $100, 000.
Mohn Award is regarded as America’s version of the
prestigious Turner Prize of the U.K. The award is funded by the local
philanthropists and art collectors, Jarl and Pamela Mohn – under the Hammer’s “Made
in LA” biennial, which holds in August to September. The 2012 edition ends on
September 2, 2012.
Mokgosi’s work,
a depiction of African
resistance, according to the organisers, The Hammer Museum,
L.A. was voted by the public via online out of five finalists from 60
preliminary artists that participated.
It’s an installation Pax
Kaffraria: Sikhuselo embumbulu, 2012, about post-colonial Africa. Part of
the themes includes “bulletproof” in Xhosa language.
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