Art

Ceramicist Zizipho Poswa is shaping the way the world sees Xhosa culture

From London to Miami, this Cape artist's modern vessels are being snapped up wherever she shows them

24 November 2019 - 00:00 By Sean O'Toole

Two years ago, responding to a request to make something big for an exhibition in Cape Town, ceramicist Zizipho Poswa made three large stoneware pieces. Brightly coloured and featuring distinctive surface treatments, Poswa's Umthwalo vessels abstractly celebrated the resilience and strength of rural Xhosa women bearing loads on their heads. Art collectors cooed, among them Suzanne Ackerman-Berman. Sold...

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