Lyndhurst artist to exhibit her art at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Aneesah believes that art serves as a code for and a response to societal, political, and personal issues.
For Aneesah Girie, art is something that makes her breathe with a different kind of happiness.
The Lyndhurst resident is an art lover and an artist who started her formal training as an artist in 2018, where she studied toward a bachelor’s in fine arts (BAFA) at the University of Witwatersrand.
Girie is one of the over 300 artists exhibiting and ready to celebrate the Investec Cape Town Art Fair’s milestone.
As excited as she is, she states that art is a subject that she took in high school, not knowing that it would be something that she would continue and develop further within her tertiary education.
“Exposure to the art world and making art has helped me to expand my thinking and develop a critical response to my environment through my artistic practice.”
Girie explains that she was intrigued by art possessing aesthetic qualities when she started doing her art and also understood that there is always a meaning which goes hand in hand with the art.
“I was fortunate enough to have had quite a bit of exposure to the art world early on in my career, including being selected for art fairs, showing my work both locally and internationally, winning competitions, and being represented by a gallery, Guns and Rain.”
She says she would like to work alongside Shirin Neshat one day and thinks that her overall approach to art and artmaking is revolutionary and extremely inspiring but also encourages and directs a fresh approach to Muslim women’s identities.
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