Initially dedicated to the self-portrait, Woder Buhle Mbambo has gradually increased the number of subjects portrayed for the purpose of telling a broader story, the tragic one of post-apartheid South Africa, still characterized by violence and abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abaziyo ukuthi inkomo iyashayelwa ubisi lwayo,<\/em> the phrase the title of the work Inkomo iyashayelwa ubisi lwayo <\/em>comes from, is borrowed from Chapter 11 of the book by Uthando Lwemali Luyimpande Yesono<\/em>: \u201cFor a few hours Thobeka had been in the shower. Those who knew her said that the cow had been milked. And Thobeka was very hurt, and they called her an idiot because she refused to sell her body to men. [\u2026] Even though she wants to escape it isn\u2019t easy. She stays the same. She is filled with blood.\u201d The work thus refers not just to the difficult condition of women of color in South Africa, who are often forced into prostitution and are the victims of violence and abuse, but also to the entire population which is a victim of acts of power and abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":469,"template":"","categorie_opere":[],"curatela":[33],"class_list":["post-1052","opere","type-opere","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","curatela-clarice-pecori-gilardi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n