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Mary Sibande

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Mary Sibande

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South African artist (born 1982)

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  • Long Live the Dead Queen

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  • I had everything I needed, and I went to a good high school which was multiracial. Many families couldn't afford to send their kids there but I was fortunate that my mum was able to. I guess that also pushed me in a certain direction.
  • There were no museums and galleries in the town I grew up in; that was foreign to me.
  • ...I can now marry the two worlds – fashion and fine art aren't far off from each other.
  • The fabric used to produce uniforms for domestic workers is an instantly recognizable sight in domestic spaces in South Africa, and by applying it to Victorian dress she attempts to make a comment about history of servitude and colonization as it relates to the present in terms of domestic relationships.
  • The female visual artists before my generation worked extra hard and paved the way for me. Some of them are being recognised only now; they died poor. For me it was easy; these women were the stepping stones.
  • This was more about how I see the world and how I look at myself as a black woman born in apartheid South Africa in 1982.

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