Young, black artist in a time and a culture - Mbali Tshabalala is exploring the black female experience through collaborative printmaking in a search for a delicate balance
has been shortlisted for prestigious art awards, such as the Sasol New Signatures and the Anna Award with Latitudes. Her work also forms part of the Spier Art Trust and the Merchant Bank collections, among others.
Most of Tshabalala’s work starts off with a photoshoot: “I either use a timer or commission a photographer to take a series of pictures of myself in different regalia,” she says. “I wanted to use the blanket as a provocation and an interrogation of the roles black women carry within society, particularly in terms of expectations.
Speaking of Tshabalala’s current body of work, Khulu says: “Within this edition, we started off making tests; different versions of the same image. Later, we discovered that it could exist as a varied edition, where it is intact within its wholeness but within this edition we have five images. They don’t have to look exactly the same.”
Essence: Mbali Tshabalala’s artworks, ‘In an Ever-present Flux’ ‘Finding Self’, ‘Presence of Self at the Table’ and ‘Mbali, Still I Am’, . Photos: Courtesy of the artist and David Krut Projects All Tshabalala’s work starts off with a photo-shoot. “I either use a timer or commission a photographer to take a series of pictures of myself in different regalia.
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