Kresiah Mukwazhi

Art Basel Unlimited | Hall 1.0 | Booth U14 Messeplatz 10, 4058 Basel Opening: June 10, 2024 Preview: June 11, 2024 Vernissage: June 12, 2024 Public Days: June 13 – 16, 2024 Unlimited Night: June 13, 2024, 7pm–10pm Nyenyedzi nomwe (the Seven Sisters Pleiades) expands on the artist’s ongoing engagement with a community of sex workers in the suburbs of Harare to investigate the female body as a site of contested power. Made using salvaged bra straps, torn lace, fabric, and clasps from used lingerie, this monumental installation carries the personal histories and lived experiences of their previous owners. By working with these conceptually loaded materials to evoke the associated ideas of sex and control, Kresiah Mukwazhi challenges the cultural norms and taboos imposed on women and their bodies in order to address latent forms of patriarchy and systemic violence. Informed by her own observations of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation in Zimbabwe, her work advocates for the visibility and rights of women who face discrimination.