sibonelo chiliza: beyond botanical art

Drawing plant specimens takes on an additional level of historical and political abstraction when it comes to the botanical art of Sibonelo Chiliza — a little-known, but exceptionally talented illustrator from Port Elizabeth, whose work subtly considers the complex realities of representing the natural environment in South Africa.
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