Undressing Venus I
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Artist statement
Though highly versatile my work is a social commentary about my life as a black/African woman, and a black woman artist.
The latest series of works for the exhibition “Innovative Woman” pays tribute to Saartjie Baartman. Through these works, I wanted to put myself inside Saartjie ’s body and truly experience what she experienced. So in this way these are also self-portraits. This series of work reaffirms my love for rich textured surfaces. The works are not only about layering textures, experiences, and emotions but they also reflect the dualities and contradictions of power and powerlessness.
Bongi Bengu
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