Teresa Kutala Firmino s London debut exhibition exhibition opens at Everard Read
Teresa Kutala Firmino, Performing Esumuo | Performing Pain. Mixed media on canvas, 88 x 111 cm.
LONDON
.-Everard Read London is presenting the London debut exhibition of Johannesburg-based multi-disciplinary artist, Teresa Kutala Firmino. Rich in symbolism, Firminos vivid paintings explore complex issues of war, colonialism and cultural heritage, as well as identity and gender violence. What does it mean to be a young black woman in the 21st century in an environment which is institutionally brutal?
The act of making work is cathartic for Kutala Firmino. She believes we heal by retelling our stories and undertakes to tell African narratives from an African perspective, as honestly as possible. Kutala Firminos stories begin in her native Pomfret, a border province in North West South Africa, largely comprised of former 32 Battalion soldiers and their families, many of whom settled there