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Tschabalala Self
Princess
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- £10,000 - 15,000
£10,160
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Hand-sewn cotton and tulle quilt on cotton.
2018
129 x 102.2 cm (50 3/4 x 40 1/4 in.)
Signed, dated and numbered 29/30 in black felt-tip pen on the label affixed to the reverse (there were also 2 artist's proofs), commissioned for The Art of Empowerment, UN Women UK, lacking the original dowel hanging rods, framed.
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Tschabalala Self
American | 1990Harlem-born artist Tschabalala Self combines sewing, printing and painting in a singular style that speaks to her experience of contemporary black womanhood. Despite her extensive use of craft methods, Self considers herself to be a painter above all else. Her work is known for exaggerated colors and forms, allowing the personages within to “escape” from society’s narrow perceptions.Explaining her practice, the artist stated: “I hope to correct misconceptions propagated within and projected upon the Black body. Multiplicity and possibility are essential to my practice and general philosophy. My subjects are fully aware of their conspicuousness and are unmoved by the viewer. Their role is not to show, explain, or perform but rather ‘to be.’ In being, their presence is acknowledged and their significance felt. My project is committed to this exchange, for my own edification and for the edification of those who resemble me.”
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