Nii B. Andrews.
The Soweto-born South African artist, Zandile Tshabalala confesses that she started studying art as an act of rebellion against her immediate family.
There has long since been a rapprochement.
For the last two years, her fame as a practicing artist has steadily increased on the international circuit.
In describing her work, Tshabalala states,
“The woman that is depicted is myself.
I do not aim or aspire to depict an exact likeness, but rather a reflection that is more internal.
My paintings are very reflective of the artist and sometimes there are clues in there as to how I think and who I am.”
Her current exhibition features acrylic paintings depicting sensuous women at one with their bodies and sexual nature.
It is her debut solo exhibition and titled “Enter Paradise”; it is featured at the ADA \ contemporary art gallery in Accra, Ghana up until March 26th.
Tshabalala cryptically states, ‘I had the pleasure of having my first male muse also in the show (I’ll leave it to my audience to spot him).”
