Considering Art Podcast – Teresa Kutala Firmino, South African painter

Author: Bob Chaundy
Published: Mon 26 Apr 2021
Episode Link: https://consideringart.com/2021/04/26/considering-art-podcast-teresa-kutala-firmino-south-african-painter/

In our latest podcast episode, South African artist Teresa Kutala Firmino describes the brutal and violent atmosphere that existed in her home town of Pomfret within the community of 32 Battalion, a special forces insurgency group that fought in the South African Border War between 1966 – 1989. She talks about how the colourful tableaux she creates include symbolic re-enactments of the trauma felt by the families within the military community and she describes her personal experiences of discrimination as a young woman in South Africa today.

Teresa Kutala Firmino talking with Bob Chaundy

Accompanying images on consideringart.com

*A Band of Baboons* from *The War at Home* series

*Madonna Before Birth* from *The War at Home* series

*Power,* from *Manifestation of Wanting* at Everard Read, London 28 April – 25 May 2021

*In Moments of Happiness* from *Manifestation of Wanting*

*Kutala’s Blessing* from *Manifestation of Wanting*

Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial

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Considering Art Podcast – Teresa Kutala Firmino, South African painter