Queen of Arts Salang paints murals on traditional huts

Queen of Arts Salang paints murals on traditional huts
Queen of Arts Salang paints murals on traditional huts

A talented multimedia artist, Taboka Salang also known as Queen of Arts BW is bringing a rare service to the visual arts industry painting murals on Tswana hut walls.

While traditional huts are mostly decorated with mokgapho using cow dung and other soils, Salang decided to be different in her approach by applying paint and thereby modernising walls of traditional huts.

She told Arts & Culture in an interview that she does this kind of art but it is strictly for special and memorable celebrations such as weddings. “This is usually like a photo booth where people capture and engrave erasable memories,” she revealed.

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