Hasan and Husain Essop What's it like to be a young Muslim man, of Indian descent, born and raised in Cape Town, one of Africa's most westernized cities? It's a question the award-winning artists, Hasan and Husain.
Twin bothers Hasan and Husain What's it like to be a young Muslim man, of Indian descent, born and raised in Cape Town, one of Africa's most westernized cities? It's a question the award-winning artists, Hasan and Husain Essop explore through their photographic work, which places them as the subject in all the images.
Born and raised in Cape
'The Absa finalists to watch are the photographers Hasan and Husain Essop. The Essop brothers are twins who repeat their own images in digitally enhanced photographic mise en scènes exploring their life-issues in Cape Town with an emphasis on their experiences as Muslims.'. I found the work Explore Hasan And Husain Essop's art for sale, exhibitions & biography. Learn more about Hasan And Husain Essop's history, browse art & enquire about artworks for sale.
The twin brothers, who were the Hasan and Husain make extraordinary images of the community in Cape Town where they grew up which reveal both their fascination with popular culture and their deep Islamic faith. Here the Essop twins talk revealingly about their unusual artistic background and explain how their Islamic faith informs the unique techniques they use to create.
The Cape Town-born twin brothers Hasan In a new body of work, Hasan and Husain Essop explore the notion of memory, specifically in relation to the history and practice of religion. In a series of º panoramic photographs, each consisting of hundreds of individual photographs meticulously stitched together, they explore the history of various landscapes, searching for the memory.
Twin South African artists Twins Husain and Hasan Essop create unique, thought-provoking works with double the impact. Photographs were not allowed on the walls of the Essop twins’ childhood home in Rylands, Cape Town. ‘If you have photos showing the eyes of a person you’re chasing the angels away,’ their mom said.
Hasan and Husain Essop, born Hasan and Husain Essop. La Mosquée, , Gorée Island, Senegal, Sale Date: May 17, Auction Closed.