Fine Art students explore critical themes for their final exhibition



Fine Art third year students are currently showcasing their final year exhibitions at City Campus.
The exhibitions ranges from various themes such as reconnection, sexual trauma, over-sexualisation of the black female body, oral traditions & archaic storytelling within the Zulu diaspora and traditional scarification, to name a few.

Their work is inspired by renowned artists who have worked on similar projects.
Fine Art student, Siyanda Zincume’s work examined the over-sexualisation of the black female body, paying more attention to the female’s buttocks.

“As an artist, I believe that one of the purposes of art is to hold up a mirror to society. This is done with the aim of portraying a reflection of the issues within society. So I examined society’s obsession with large female buttocks,” said Zincume.

Zincume’s work also show the overrepresentation of the female buttocks in visual media.
“The rise of social media platforms has also contributed to the over-sexualisation and overrepresentation of the protruding female butt. As a contemporary artist, I believe that this is one of the biggest issues we are currently facing as a global community,” said Zincume.

Fine Art student, Yasmin Dadabhay focused on the personal journey of practices and processes of reconnecting to nature.


“I feel drawn to creating art inspired through this topic as I feel we are living and being raised in an age of disconnection from nature surrounding us and our inner nature,” said Dadabhay.

-CARLY VAN DER WESTHIUZN

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