Art

Recognition has curiously escaped artist Senzeni Marasela — until now

Like the recurring figure in her art, this local artist has played the waiting game. Now it's her time to shine with a high-profile exhibit at Zeitz Mocaa

31 January 2021 - 00:00 By Mary Corrigall

It's fitting in more ways than one that the word "waiting" should feature in the title of Senzeni Marasela's survey exhibition, Waiting for Gebane, at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Mocaa) in Cape Town: Marasela's art features the recurring motif of a woman, Theodorah, standing by — and this South African artist has been waiting for this landmark moment in her career, too...

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