#mary sibande

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Mary Sibande - Artiste sud-africaine

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Mary Sibande. To everything there is a season, 2019 (Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, 2023)

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South African artist Mary Sibande

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Mary Sibande was born in Barberton, SA in 1982 and currently lives in Johannesburg where she practices her art in the form of sculpture and photography. Her critically acclaimed work has been represented in most major art institutions the world over and widely collected.

With her avatar character Sophie, seen here on her horse in the iconic sculpture 'The Reign', Sibande aims to confront the power relationships of women in SA, especially regarding race and societal hierarchy. First introduced to the public in 2009, Sophie is a testament to all the domestic workers who have existed in SA... through Sibande's vivid imagination, Sophie is set free and transformed to be whatever she desires.

Color is used symbolically in the artist's work. With Sophie she transitions from blue to green to purple to red, introducing us to the many faces of herself and her alter-ego.

Using fibre-glass, resin, steel and fabric Sibande constructs forceful and arresting sculptures that stop us in our tracks, forcing us to examine the issues of gender, race, class and power in post-apartheid South Africa that she presents to her viewers.

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Mary Sibande: I Came Apart at the Seams, Terrace Rooms, Somerset House⠀

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African Artists: From 1882 to Now

Mary Sibande, “A Reversed Retrogress: Scene 1” (2013), lifesize fiberglass mannequins and cotton textile, 180 × 120 × 120 centimeters.

Photo © the artist, courtesy of the artist

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they don't make them like they used to, mary sibande