Pastel, oil stick, paint and collage on painted paper, 56.5 × 76cm
Siphiwe Mnguni's practice navigates the notion of identity whilst exploring the iconography of the black female nude in relation to her own body. Challenging traditional representations of the figure in western art history, Siphiwe's work is also informed by subconscious thought and her own experiences as a young British-Zimbabwean woman living in south east London.
Titled B&R (blue and red), the images are intensely personal, having been informed by a plethora of emotions and states including frustration, interdependence, love, and anger. Siphiwe’s characteristic abstracted figures have evolved in these works; previously bold and graphic, they now fizzle with tension, evoked by the artist’s lively drawing style. In this composition, there is a sense of push and pull as the forms appear to interact with one another.
Purchased works are usually despatched within three working days.
Pastel, oil stick, paint and collage on painted paper, 56.5 × 76cm
Siphiwe Mnguni's practice navigates the notion of identity whilst exploring the iconography of the black female nude in relation to her own body. Challenging traditional representations of the figure in western art history, Siphiwe's work is also informed by subconscious thought and her own experiences as a young British-Zimbabwean woman living in south east London.
Titled B&R (blue and red), the images are intensely personal, having been informed by a plethora of emotions and states including frustration, interdependence, love, and anger. Siphiwe’s characteristic abstracted figures have evolved in these works; previously bold and graphic, they now fizzle with tension, evoked by the artist’s lively drawing style. In this composition, there is a sense of push and pull as the forms appear to interact with one another.
Purchased works are usually despatched within three working days.
