On a warm fall afternoon, Karabo Poppy Moletsane stared at a building’s exterior wall, looking for familiarity in an unfamiliar place. Karabo is an artist from South Africa and was about to set out on her latest project: a mural for the Utah Jazz. The 26-year-old, however, had never been to Utah until that mid-October day. Only in the past few months had she really come to know much about the state’s beloved basketball team. But the artist had a vision as she stared at that wall, her blank canvas.
“When I approach a new piece, I always look at it in a way that celebrates hybridity,” Karabo explained.