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Billie Zangewa: Soldier of Love

Published on , by Virginie Chuimer-Layen
For the first time, the Templon gallery is presenting embroideries on silk by Billie Zangewa, a Malawi artist who lives in South Africa. Ten intimate and figurative works in shimmering colours evoke her experience as a decidedly contemporary woman, from motherhood to everyday life. Handling the textile and this expert technique...
Billie Zangewa (b.1973), Cold Shower, 2019, embroidered silk, 107 x 101 cm.© Courtesy... Billie Zangewa: Soldier of Love

Billie Zangewa (b.1973), Cold Shower, 2019, embroidered silk, 107 x 101 cm.
© Courtesy of Templon, Paris-Brussels

For the first time, the Templon gallery is presenting embroideries on silk by Billie Zangewa, a Malawi artist who lives in South Africa. Ten intimate and figurative works in shimmering colours evoke her experience as a decidedly…
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