Mapping power, memory and belonging through collage – The Mail & Guardian

Mapping power, memory and belonging through collage – The Mail & Guardian

When I first spoke to Thato Toeba, I was struck not only by their clarity of thought but by the calm resolve with which they inhabit multiple worlds — those of art and law, of memory and material, of Lesotho and Amsterdam and of the spiritual and the political.  It’s no wonder then that the jury of the 2025 FNB Art Prize described their practice as “a quiet force”, praising the maturity of their collage and assemblage work. Though they only rece…