Catch the last week of Mary Sibande’s exhibition at Gallery MOMO.
This show is a collection of fantasies and imagined narratives centering round the character Sophie, a maid. Sibande is not looking at the negatives of being a domestic worker, but rather the humanity and commonalities of people despite the boxes we find ourselves in. The modern fabric is moulded into many forms that are combined with Victorian references, making the pieces completely foreign and at the same time Sophie’s own. By subverting the simple maids’ uniform in the creation of Sophie’s hybrid dress she/it has become the canvas for storytelling.
The exhibition runs until 3 August 2009.
Gallery MOMO
52 7th Avenue
Parktown North
Johannesburg
Tel: 011 327 3247
E-mail: info@gallerymomo.com
Web: www.gallerymomo.com
