Art. Tschabalala Self. Mirrors Of Black Female Representation.
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Tschabalala Self, Black Woman Artists, Black Contemporary Artists
(Girlfriends 31″ x 24″ oil and gouache on paper 2013 )


Tschabalala Self is a young artist, painter, printmaker and Yale MFA candidate. According to the artist,

My current body of works seeks to place the specific iconographic significance of the black female body in contemporary culture. My project most importantly allows me to explore my relationship to my body and bodies which resemble mine.


Tschabalala Self, Black Woman Artists, Black Contemporary Artists
(Snake Eyes 22″ x 14″ oil and gouache on paper 2013 )

Tschabalala Self, Black Woman Artists, Black Contemporary Artists
(Barbie 30″ x 22.5″ oil and gouache on paper 2012 )

Tschabalala Self, Black Woman Artists, Black Contemporary Artists
(Rapunzel 30″ x 22.5″ oil and gouache on paper 2012 )

Tschabalala Self, Black Woman Artists, Black Contemporary Artists
(Glenda R. Mcgee 30″ x 22.5″ oil and gouache on paper 2012 )

Tschabalala Self, Black Woman Artists, Black Contemporary Artists
(Feeling Blue 23″ x 19″ oil on paper 2013 )

Tschabalala Self, Black Woman Artists, Black Contemporary Artists
(La Jeune Fille Noire sur L’herbe 43″ x 29″ oil, gouache and photo transfer on paper 2013)

Tschabalala Self, Black Woman Artists, Black Contemporary Artists
(Flushed 44″ x 30″ oil on paper 2012)

Tschabalala Self, Black Woman Artists, Black Contemporary Artists
(Bad Gal 44″ x 30″ oil on paper 2011 )

Tschabalala Self, Black Woman Artists, Black Contemporary Artists
(Shade 44″ x 30″ oil on paper 2012 )