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Mohau Modisakeng

February 18 – July 1, 2023
Ga Bose Gangwe

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  • A photograph of the Hood Museum of Art's north facade and entrance taken after sunset. There is a window on the facade displaying a black and white video work.

    Mohau Modisakeng's video Ga Bose Gangwe (2014) on view after sunset in the Hood Museum of Art's north facade vitrine window. Photo by Rob Strong.

  • A film still with at least eleven Black men pictured wearing baggy white cloth pants and no shirts. They appear to be dancing and are formed in a circle.

    Still from Mohau Modisakeng, Ga Bose Gangwe, 2014, single-channel HD video, 2:15 min. Purchased through the Sondra and Charles Gilman Jr., Foundation Fund; 2022.41. Image courtesy of the artist and Jenkins Johnson Gallery. © Mohau Modisakeng

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After dark, people passing the Hood Museum are able to experience a video work, Ga Bose Gangwe, by the South African artist Mohau Modisakeng. This graceful expression of resilience and determination is on display in the vitrine window above the north entrance to the museum until July 1, 2023. The title of the video comes from a Setswana (a Bantu language spoken in Southern Africa) proverb, phiri o rile ga bo se gangwe, that translates to “better luck next time” or “do again" or "try again.” Using the movements of a group of Black male dancers as metaphor, Modisakeng reflects on how the specter of colonialism weighs down the aspirations of post-apartheid South Africa and other post-colonial countries.

Purchased through the Sondra and Charles Gilman Jr., Foundation Fund; 2022.41a.
Exhibition subject: AfricaModern & Contemporary Art