Turiya Magadlela

Magadlela is a South African artist who works with art making techniques that are traditionally used by women. Using sewing and embroidery on various conceptually loaded fabrics, from pantyhose to correctional service uniforms, she creates abstract compositions by cutting, stitching, folding and stretching these materials across wooden frames. Her subject matter moves between articulations of personal experiences of woman and motherhood, and narratives from black South African history. Magadlela engages in a conversation on the colonization of black bodies and women; her art uses materials capitalist in nature at a time when commoditization is ever more prescient.

Ngizokuthanda Ngasosonke Isikhathi,
I Will Love You Till the End of Times, 2022
Nylon and cotton pantyhose with sealant on canvas
79 x 79 inches

Courtesy of KATES-FERRI PROJECTS