Tony Gum

Tony Gum (born 1995) is a South African visual artist and photographer from Cape Town. She became known for her self-portraiture, particularly the Black Coca-Cola series, and later works exploring identity, race, gender, Xhosa culture, history and representation. She has described herself at different points as an “artist in learning”, emphasizing that she sees artistic practice as a continual process of learning and evolution. Quote It’s a new generation of artistry. And I try to learn from traditional and non-traditional artists. I believe our role as artists is to understand the present, envision the future and remember the past.] I am a black girl who is young and all I could see in media was everything besides me. To change how I was feeling, I had to put myself in that position. My design philosophy is ‘Africa is worth it, black people are worth it, people of colour are worth it, and as a whole the human race is worth it. I paint myself more so because I know myself best, and I take photos of myself because I know myself best. External links Category:1995 births Category: Living people Category:Photographers from South Africa Category:Women from South Africa Category:Women born in the 1990s