Tracey Rose Quotes

born 1974 South Africa

Tracey Rose (born 1974) in Durban is a South African artist who lives and works in Johannesburg. Rose is best known for her performances, video installations, and photographs.

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In Podor in Senegal, the place where I grew up, everyone is an artist because art in Africa is not a commercial enterprise but is part of life itself.

Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists (2006)

Musicians are respected, but only in the context that the music itself belongs to the community - not to the person who is playing an instrument or singing a song.

Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists (2006)

The performance that happens as an artist within that space becomes a political decision to keep the work alive, relevant and moving. If I didn’t I would be ostracised even more.

More than one layer to the art and life of Tracey Rose (2019)

There are more gentle ways to make art.

More than one layer to the art and life of Tracey Rose (2019)

I want to know how do I keep expanding what’s possible in the legal range with my body. It’s kind of theatre for adrenaline junkies. Once you start performance art, you keep chasing the dragon.

More than one layer to the art and life of Tracey Rose (2019)

Computers and digital technology are becoming very important to African artists, just as elsewhere. I see it with the impact of hip-hop across the continent. You can see it beginning to have an impact on the visual arts.

Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists (2006)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tracey Rose (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.