VISUAL ARTIST // SCULPTOR // MOTHER // VISUAL ARTIST // SCULPTOR // VISUAL ARTIST // SCULPTOR // MOTHER // VISUAL ARTIST // SCULPTOR // VISUAL ARTIST // SCULPTOR // MOTHER // VISUAL ARTIST // SCULPTOR // MOTHER // VISUAL ARTIST // SCULPTOR // MOTHER //
CREATING FROM A POLITCIALLY CHARGED SPACE // CREATING FROM A POLITCIALLY CHARGED SPACE // CREATING FROM A POLITCIALLY CHARGED SPACE // CREATING FROM A POLITCIALLY CHARGED SPACE // CREATING FROM A POLITICALLY // CREATING FROM A POLITICALLY // CREATING FROM A POLITICALLY // CREATING FROM A POLITICALLY
NEGOTIATING EXISTENCE // CELEBRATING RESILIENCE // NEGOTIATING EXISTENCE // NEGOTIATING EXISTENCE // CELEBRATING RESILIENCE // NEGOTIATING EXISTENCE // NEGOTIATING EXISTENCE // CELEBRATING RESILIENCE // NEGOTIATING EXISTENCE //
Sibande’s current body of work considers the trauma of inherited pain and historical injustices, and how the promise of healing is marred by lip-service politics.
Come, You Spirits Of The Land and Skies
2019
The Locus
2019
Sophie manifests as a powerful priestess on the precipice of change, taking the present into her own hands to sculpt and sew her own future.
Red —a fermentation of deep hurt, the curdle of frustration and a rage that soaks the fabric of a society unhealed.
The Red Shepherd
2022
“Wa-vuka Inja Imbomvu”
(isiZulu idiom - roughly translated: he turned into a red dog)
A Red Flight of Fancy
2022
“ …this work is about deconstructing the familiar ideas built into my work. In other words, questioning what Sophie, the character, had dreamt of… In the process of letting go of older ideas of my work, I am opening doors for new challenges.”
Clothed in the Skin of Righteousness
2022
With her current body of work, Sibande continues to engage with myth, language, and storytelling. She seeks new forms of visual dialogue with which to forge forward.
Good is Bad and Bad is Good
2020
While anger catalyses this momentum, there is an emphasis on the negotiation of balance: fortifying a raging heart with tolerance and patience, to make right what is yet to come.
