Turiya Magadlela
Identify Michael, 2012
Silk stockings, wood and varnish
75 x 75 cm
Identify Michael' is part of the series 'Everybody knows UFeela', a body of work featuring permutations of stretched pantyhose compositions. These abstract works also function as visual dialogues surrounding a...
Identify Michael' is part of the series 'Everybody knows UFeela', a body of work featuring permutations of stretched pantyhose compositions. These abstract works also function as visual dialogues surrounding a fictitious character called Feela (whose name is derived from ‘to feel’, a popular shortened women’s name in Zulu, and a township skipping game involving stretched pantyhose).
"Feela is me, my aunt, my mom, my grandmother, my daughter. Feela is woman, Feela can be from anywhere, anyrace… we all know her but she is a character we choose to ignore. Feela is all woman and my paintings track thepainfully happy, scary journey of a woman such as her and I through the ages" Turiya Magadlela
"Feela is me, my aunt, my mom, my grandmother, my daughter. Feela is woman, Feela can be from anywhere, anyrace… we all know her but she is a character we choose to ignore. Feela is all woman and my paintings track thepainfully happy, scary journey of a woman such as her and I through the ages" Turiya Magadlela
Provenance
Tiroche DeLeon CollectionBlank Projects, Cape Town, South Africa
Exhibitions
MACAAL, Marrakesh | Material Insanity | February 2019 - August 2019.Blank Project, Cape Town, South Africa | Everybody Knows UFeela | November 2012.