Yolanda Mazwana’s work has always been a reflection of her ever-evolving artistic practice to mine deeply inwards and make meaning while resisting the urge to slide into the shadows. Always seeking to understand the human condition alongside how a woman’s body works is what drives her expression. She has now shifted away from her earlier representations, which were widely associated with hypochondria and body dysmorphia, and has been exploring the concept of understanding the distinction between what is “real” versus what is “irrational/imagined”. While early contextualization may seem to embody or appeal to the darkness, her current process reveals the opposite. She says, “When I paint I don’t necessarily feel darkness. It’s a funny thing because it seems to appear in my work but my artistic process is quite the opposite. I am trying to get to the core of things so to speak which requires me to understand the dynamic between myself and my work and how it correlates.” Mazwana’s influences, notably drawn from Tschabalala Self’s approach, are evident in her work. Inspired by Self’s depictions of black female figures and her use of mixed media to discard and assemble newer versions, Mazwana sees parallels in her own paintings. The works portray the curiosity and concerns surrounding the fragile and vulnerable aspects of being in a woman’s body and its relationship with the world.

尤兰达·马兹瓦纳的作品一直反映着她不断发展的艺术实践，通过深入内心进行探索并赋予意义，同时又不至于深陷于阴影当中。她总是寻求于理解人类状况以及女性身体的运作方式，这些概念亦驱动了她的表达。她现在已经转向了早期那些广泛与疑病症和变形相关的表现首发，开始理解“真实”与“非理性/想象”之间区别的概念。 虽然艺术家早期的创作可能显得趋于黑暗，但她当前的创作过程却呈现相反的结果。她说：“当我绘画时，我不一定感到黑暗。这是件有趣的事，因为它似乎出现在我的作品中，但我的创作艺术的过程却完全相反。我在尝试达到事物的核心，这需要我理解自己与作品之间的动态及其相关性。” 马兹瓦纳所受到的多元影响，尤其是从查巴拉拉·塞尔夫（Tschabalala Self）的作品中汲取的灵感，在她的作品中显而易见。受塞尔夫对黑人女性形象的描绘及其通过混合媒介来舍弃和重新组合新版本的启发，马兹瓦纳在自己的绘画中看到了相似之处。这些作品表现了对女性身体脆弱和易受伤害方面的好奇和关注，以及其与世界的关系。

Artist

艺术家

Yolanda Mazwana

尤兰达·马兹瓦纳

Specifications

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Painted in 2023
Acrylic and oil on Fabriano paper
109 x 80 cm
Framed

2023年作
纸上亚克力和油画
109 x 80 cm
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