Artist field note

Zanele Muholi

The portrait becomes evidence, celebration and self-possession.

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Bester I, Mayotte by Zanele Muholi — Example from the series
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Bester I, Mayotte

2015

Clothespins become a dramatic headdress connecting domestic labour to Black visual sovereignty.

The five in one idea

Muholi's visual activism builds an archive in which represented communities author their own presence.