LIMINALITY
threshold | transition | transformation

Liminality is an exhibition of artworks created by 1st to 3rd year students from the Department of Fine Arts, University of the Free State in 2019 and 2020. As many of the artworks were created during the lockdown of 2020, the exhibition gives a unique window into what students grappled with in this time: a global pandemic, changed modes of teaching, the accessibility of resources, inequality, mental health, the implications of social distancing and isolation. The subtitle of the exhibition ‘threshold | transmission | transformation’ refers to the creative processes that students engaged with in these adverse circumstances resulting in a wide array of artworks in both traditional and adapted mediums. The exhibition speaks to our shared experiences of insecurity, fragility and discord, and to the resourcefulness and immutability of creative expression. Read more...

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Siviwe Mokoatsi
Accounting student at the University of the Free State


Portrait Message: When I think of Africa, I think of black women. The person in my art work is me, a young black woman. I used black and white African print because of my Xhosa heritage.

Ashleigh Nieman
LLB student at the University of the Free State


The particular portrait is titled, My ancestor the serpent. I loved the use of blue and the theme of the snake. In western culture snakes represent sin and temptation, but in African and Asian cultures, the snake represents new beginnings, fertility and rebirth. Thus, my African fertility goddess was born.