🧱 Mary Sibande: Dreaming in Purple
Meet Sophie. She’s a domestic worker, a Victorian queen, a superhero, and the alter-ego of artist Mary Sibande.
Sibande, born in 1982 in Barberton, creates sculptural installations that blend fantasy, history, and identity. Through Sophie, dressed in majestic gowns sewn from the fabric of maid uniforms, Sibande reclaims narratives of Black womanhood in post-apartheid South Africa.
Her work plays with scale, grandeur, and storytelling. It’s not just visual—it’s visceral.
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Why she matters:
Exhibited at the Smithsonian, Venice Biennale, and British Museum
A leading voice in Afrofuturism and feminist art
Sibande reminds us: Black women do not only serve history—they make it.
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