Noria Mabasa

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“Her figures of traditional ceremonies, women with babies, and those that capture daily life around her reflect profound expressiveness and mastering of her craft. She conveys the experience of apartheid from a Venda women’s perspective focusing in the exploration of her origins, displacement, race, and sex.”

“Her work contemplates the feeling of social rejection, censure, and disapproval that comes with diverging from the established guidelines of accepted and expected behaviour.”

“Her skill made her the first black woman, and the only Venda woman in South Africa, to become a famous wood carver. She also began to create works which followed more contemporary themes.”

“I believe that artwork should not be hidden, but the manner in which we have been robbed, it keeps one worried that it's better to keep one's work on the shelves.”

“These days, people are killing each other and killing children as well. It is very disturbing. We are living in a society that needs leadership.”

“This is the picture of a woman who, after some differences with her husband, embarks on a lonely journey with food over her head for her child.”

“Some youths are lazy and addicted to alcohol and drug abuse. That is also killing our country.”

“If nothing happens, our children will die suffering, like their grandparents. We sacrifice, but we are not seeing the changes.”

“"I started because of a dream. It took a very long time, because I didn't understand it well. This was in 1965 and in 1974, I started the work".”