Contemporary Female Identities in the Global South
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Curatorial Statement: Contemporary Female Identities in the Global South
Contemporary Female Identities in the Global South explored distinct ways of representing the body by five women artists from the Global South: Bharti Kher, Nandipha Mntambo, Wangechi Mutu, Shirin Neshat and Berni Searle.
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Black Skin, White Masks: Bharti Kher and Nandipha Mntambo
In this essay, Pamila Gupta contemplates black skin as a form of landscape in the artworks of Bharti Kher and Nandipha Mntambo
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In Shirin Neshat’s Worlds
Since she began making visual art, Shirin Neshat’s work has spoken about injustice. The Iranian artist is known for art that addresses the political situation in Iran and, in particular, the plight of women.
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I Pity the Garden
Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad is known as a pioneer of modern Farsi poetry. In ‘I Pity the Garden’ she reflects on the liminal space between the earthly and the divine.
