Covering Sarah: An Artist’s Perspective on Recovering Herstory

Event date, time, and location

March 16, 2021

6:00–7:30PM

Event description

South African visual artist Senzeni Marasela’s work is preoccupied with covering images of the naked Sarah Baartman in historical archives. Baartman, a Khoekhoe woman transported to Europe from southern Africa in the 1810s, was renamed the “Hottentot Venus" and put on display for British and French audiences. Clothing her nude form allows us to have a different perspective into “Herstory”.

Co-sponsors: Department of English, Kansas African Studies Center, and Spencer Museum of Art