“I write about my own work because I want to speak for myself. I might not be the only authority, nor the best authority, but I want to participate in the writing of my own history. Why should artists be validated by outside authorities. I don’t like being paternalised and colonised by every Tom, Dick or Harry that comes along (male or female).” 

Marlene Dumas
Miss January
1997
oil on canvas
110 ¼ x 39 3⁄8 in.
Price realised
USD 13,635,000