The two talking yonis: the use of Hindu iconography in conversations of race, identity, politics and womanhood within contemporary South African art
This article looks at the use of Hindu iconography within South African visual art practice and its relation to race, identity, politics and womanhood in the work of Reshma Chhiba. It draws primarily on work from the 2013 exhibition entitled The Two Talking Yonis: Reshma Chhiba in conversation with...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Univ.
2017
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Nidān
Année: 2017, Volume: 2, Numéro: 2, Pages: 44-60 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Kali
B South Africa B Shiva Shakti B Yoni B Feminine energy B Bharatanatyam |
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| Résumé: | This article looks at the use of Hindu iconography within South African visual art practice and its relation to race, identity, politics and womanhood in the work of Reshma Chhiba. It draws primarily on work from the 2013 exhibition entitled The Two Talking Yonis: Reshma Chhiba in conversation with Nontobeko Ntombela, and discusses Chhiba’s use of the image of the goddess Kali, the concept of yoni, the use of Bharatanatyam and understandings of feminine energy in relation to womanhood. It also threads a narrative of Chhiba’s ancestry through a poetic description of her grandmother’s journey from India to South Africa, and the embodiment of Kali as a form of defiance not only in her work, but also in her grandmother. |
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| ISSN: | 2414-8636 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Nidān
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.58125/nidan.2017.2 |