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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>A Motswana artist who has been at the helm of the visual arts and arts education in Botswana, Sedireng Mothibatsela, will showcase her works at this year\u2019s Investec Cape Town Art Fair.<\/b><\/p>\n

Scheduled for 16 to 18 February, the biggest art fair on the African continent will be returning to Cape Town for its 11th edition where art enthusiasts will immerse themselves in a cultural deluge.<\/p>\n

Represented by curatorial gallery, Ora Loapi Mothibatsela will exhibit her works alongside the likes of the iconic Esther Mahlangu.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are showcasing the ceramic works of Mothibatsela while paying tribute to her teaching for 20 years at Maru-a-Pula School,\u201d the founder of Ora Loapi, Lorato Motshwarakgole, told Time out.<\/p>\n

\u2018MarthaFrancis\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to share more on Mothibatsela\u2019s incredible journey through a short documentary as she prepared to exhibit works that pay tribute to the indigenous art-making processes associated with clay in Botswana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born and raised in Gaborone, Mothibatsela won a scholarship to attend The Maryland Institute College of Art in 1997 where she attained a Bachelor\u2019s Degree with Honours in General Fine Arts.<\/p>\n

Her work explores themes of identity, fragility, grief, collective memory and personal emotional journeys. Mothibatsela will showcase her collection series styled \u2018MarthaFrancis\u2019 that serves as a tribute to her grandmothers and her experience of their existence at the Cape Town Art Fair.<\/p>\n

Destructive and creative<\/p>\n

Her compendium for Cape Town consists of seven smoke drawings and 10 intricately detailed ceramic pieces. The visual artist considers the destructive and creative quality of fire as a medium in attempting to understand the transformation that comes with death.<\/p>\n

She told Time Out in an interview: \u201cThis body of work started a few years ago when I started investigating issues of identity. Martha\u2019s favourite flowers were white roses and Francis\u2019 were proteas.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I used the flowers to create and influence the shape of the vessels. I have also used the firing techniques and the medium of clay to speak of how we return to being the earth when we die. The clay symbolises the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFire is an important element\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFire is an important element in this work because it cleanses and also destroys. All of these abstracts and tangible elements can be used to speak about myself through these women who are a part of me.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be showcasing the ceramic pieces with the flame drawing to draw a connecting so that the people who view the ceramics are able to create a connection.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Generation<\/p>\n

This year the arts fair has introduced a new section styled \u201cGenerations\u201d that features inter-generational dialogues about selected artists, including Mothibatsela, who will be in conversation with Lulu Mhlan.<\/p>\n

Idiosyncrasy<\/p>\n

Motshwarakgole explained that the section prioritises idiosyncrasy by instigating cross-generational conversations among 10 unlikely artists as a way of thinking through the jumps and continuums of past-present-futures in contemporary art making.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s edition of the arts fair is themed \u201cUnbound,\u201d which is a concept that underlines breaking free from traditional narratives and embracing diverse viewpoints and creative ideas.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. A Motswana artist who has been at the helm of the visual arts and arts education in Botswana, Sedireng Mothibatsela, will showcase her works at this year\u2019s Investec Cape Town Art Fair. 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