08/08/2023
YAYA MAVUNDLA DISRUPTS ERASURE THROUGH ART IN CELEBRATION OF WOMEN’S MONTH IN SOUTH AFRICA
Yaya Mavundla
“Renowned South African transgender activist presents the Black, Trans & Bold exhibition at the historical Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill to disrupt erasure and celebrate Transgender women for their bravery, boldness, resilience, and excellence. The exhibition opens on the South Africa’s national Women’s Day, 09 August until 31 August 2023.
Yaya Mavundla, a multi-award-winning transgender activist, disruptor and multi-disciplinary artist, who recently caused a social media stair as her images headlined Zanele Muholi’s exhibition in Lizern, Switzerland and used around the city on billboards returns in South Africa to presents her debut exhibition of her paintings, a solo show titled Black, Trans & Bold. Mavundla’s first-ever series of paintings are interpreted from her historical images meant to erase the oppression of transgender women that they find themselves facing from time to time, and to celebrate their strength, resilience & boldness through art during South African Women’s Month.”
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Read more here:
https://exit.co.za/2023/08/08/yaya-mavundla-disrupts-erasure-through-art-in-celebration-of-womens-month-in-south-africa/
