Bafana Bafana Soccer Team
Johannes Segogela
Artwork 2009/10
Johannes Segogela's series of oil painted sculptures 'Bafana Bafana Soccer Team'.
Artwork: Johannes Segogela, Bafana Bafana Soccer Team (2009/10). Oil on carved wood. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of Neil Dundas.
Artist Johannes Segogela Title Bafana Bafana Soccer Team Date 2009/10 Materials Oil on carved wood Dimensions Dimensions variable Credit Courtesy of Neil Dundas

From Phokeng Tshepo Setai and Alexander Richards, the curators of Exhibition Match '22:

Johannes Segogela’s sculptures are notable for their remarkable attention to detail: features on faces, clothing buttons, ties and especially shoes are rendered with care. Here, even the boots of the players have studs under them and each player sports a different pair. Segogela represents the South African players singing their national anthem, hands on hearts.

Installation photograph from the 2022 rendition of Exhibition Match on A4’s second. At the back, Sam Nhlengethwa’s lithograph ‘Kalamazoo Mokone’ and Moshekwa Langa’s photograph ‘Magaola’ are mounted on the green wall next to a wall-mounted wooden shelving unit that hosts Mikhael Subotzky’s photograph ‘Self-Portrait with Soccer Team, Voorberg Prison’ and Johannes Segogela’s ‘Bafana Bafana Soccer Team’ sculpture.
Installation photograph from the 2022 rendition of Exhibition Match on A4’s second floor. Closeup view of a wall-mounted wooden shelving unit that hosts Mikhael Subotzky’s photograph ‘Self-Portrait with Soccer Team, Voorberg Prison’ and Johannes Segogela’s ‘Bafana Bafana Soccer Team’ sculpture.
Installation photograph from the 2022 rendition of Exhibition Match on A4’s second floor. Closeup view of a wall-mounted wooden shelving unit that hosts Mikhael Subotzky’s photograph ‘Self-Portrait with Soccer Team, Voorberg Prison’ and Johannes Segogela’s ‘Bafana Bafana Soccer Team’ sculpture.
Installation photograph from the 2022 rendition of Exhibition Match on A4’s second floor. On the left, a wall-mounted wooden shelving unit hosts Mikhael Subotzky’s photograph ‘Self-Portrait with Soccer Team, Voorberg Prison’ and Johannes Segogela’s ‘Bafana Bafana Soccer Team’ sculpture.
Installation photograph from the 2022 rendition of Exhibition Match on A4’s second floor. Closeup view of a wall-mounted wooden shelving unit that hosts Mikhael Subotzky’s photograph ‘Self-Portrait with Soccer Team, Voorberg Prison’ and Johannes Segogela’s ‘Bafana Bafana Soccer Team’ sculpture.
Installation photograph from the 2022 rendition of Exhibition Match on A4’s second floor.
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