Exhibition
Frieze Week 2019
02 Oct 2019 – 06 Oct 2019
Frieze Week 2019
London, United Kingdom
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Mary Sibande, They Don't Make Them Like They Used To, 2008, courtesy of SMAC Gallery, copyright Mary Sibande
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Mary Sibande, I Put A Spell On Me, 2009, Archival Digital Print 90 x 60 cm, courtesy of SMAC Gallery, copyright Mary Sibande
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Mary Sibande, A Terrible Beauty Is Born (Long Live the Dead Queen Series), 2013, courtesy of SMAC Gallery, copyright Mary Sibande
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Mary Sibande, Living Memory, 2011, Archival Digital Print 126 x 87 cm, courtesy of SMAC Gallery, copyright Mary Sibande
Exhibition
Mary Sibande: I Came Apart at the Seams
3 Oct 2019 – 5 Jan 2020
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 20:00
Address
- Strand
- WC2R 1LA
- London
- WC2R 1LA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 77a, 91 and 176, while the River Bus Service can be taken to Embankment and Savoy Piers.
- Temple, Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Embankment.
- Charing Cross, Waterloo and Blackfriars.
Event map
An exhibition of new and celebrated works from one of South Africa’s most prominent contemporary artists, Mary Sibande.
About
In her first solo exhibition in the UK, Mary Sibande presents a series of photographic and sculptural works exploring the power of imagination and constructive anger in shaping identities and personal narratives in a post-colonial world.
I Came Apart at the Seams follows the transformative journey of Sibande’s avatar, Sophie. Taking form as a series of colourful human-scale sculptures modelled on Sibande herself, Sophie transgresses from her humble beginnings as a domestic housemaid into myriad empowered characters, transcending racial bias and marginalisation. Iterations of these striking installations are also captured in vibrant large-scale photography, documenting Sophie’s journey. Through these works, Sibande pays homage to the generations of women in her family who worked as domestic labourers. In sharing their previously untold stories, Sibande challenges stereotypical depictions of Black women in post-apartheid South Africa throughout history and today.
