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Berni Searle
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“Without providing any definite answers, I think my work raises questions about attitudes towards race and gender. I think it operates on different levels and reflects different racial and political experiences - but I don't think my pieces are limited by that. I hope they transcend and go beyond that, and provide a space for illusion and fantasy. They reflect a desire to present myself in various ways to counter the image that has been imposed on me. Race is inevitable in South Africa.”
Berni Searle (born 1964) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Williamson, Sue. "Artbio - Berni Searle". artthrob - Issue No. 33, May 2000. artthrob. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
“The self is explored as an ongoing process of construction in time and place. The presence and absence of the body in the work points to the idea that one's identity is not static, and constantly in a state of flux.”
Berni Searle (born 1964) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Williamson, Sue. "Artbio - Berni Searle". artthrob - Issue No. 33, May 2000. artthrob. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
“I don’t have a ‘feminist artist statement’ as such. Being a woman is only one aspect of who I am.”
Berni Searle (born 1964) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Leander (10 August 2016). "Berni Searle". South African History Online. Retrieved 25 March 2025.