yagazieemezi:Out of South Africa comes Mary Sibande recognized for her project called, Long Live th
yagazieemezi:Out of South Africa comes Mary Sibande recognized for her project called, Long Live the Dead Queen. The exhibition revolves around a character named Sophie Ntombikayise, a maid inspired from her personal family history of four generations involved in domestic work. “Sophie’s eyes are always closed as she dreams and desires things that a maid and her family never had. Sibande created the figure in order to pay tribute to her mother, grandmother and her great-grandmother in a four figure sculpture series. In this, Sibande too becomes the maid, crafting the history of the women in her family.” -- source link