"Her work is informed by her childhood experience growing up in Apartheid and addresses social struggles of oppressed peoples around the world. Working with gestural brush strokes and thin washes of paint, her works have a distinctly transparent appearance that emphasizes their materiality and intimate subject matter."
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Kazakina, Katya (8 December 2023). "Zwirner Reports a $9 Million Marlene Dumas Sale. That Has People Talking For Two Reasons". Artnet News. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
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