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THE AFRICAN ART CENTRE
Presents
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Artist of the Year Exhibition: Sibusiso Gumede and Themba Khumalo
to be opened by
Carl Roberts, Sculptor and Chairperson of the African Art Centre
24 March 2010 at 17:
30
Each year, the African Art Centre awards an artist with the Artist of the Year Award. This year the award is being shared by two artists, Sibusiso Gumede and Themba Khumalo, 2nd and 3rd place winners of the Craft Ya Rona competition, a national competition hosted in each of the provinces as a way of stimulating the crafts by the Department of Arts and Culture. The award and exhibition at the African Art Centre is sponsored by the WK Kellogg Foundation.
In honour of their award, the African Art Centre will be mounting a diverse and unique collection of art crafted by two of KwaZulu Natal’s most accomplished wood carvers from 24 March 2010.
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Iphushamanzi (The ship)
64 x 23 cm
R 2 100.00
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Hunting Chameleon
36 x 17 cm
R 325.00
Reserved
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Impilo Yasehlathini (Life in the forest)
61 x 23 cm
R 1 940.00
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Chameleon on Tree
40 x 29 x 26 cm
R 435.00
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Sibusiso Zenzele Gumede was born in 1979 in Manguzi in Northern KwaZulu Natal. He started carving spoons and sticks at the early age of 8. As a young artist, he was greatly inspired by his neighbour and friend, master wood carver Timothy Mlambo who introduced him to the technique of decorating carved animals using the burnt wood technique.
Each piece produced by Sibusiso is individually designed, superbly handcrafted and unique.
His subject matter is mostly animals and he generally uses
Mpengende
wood, which is a soft in texture and light in colour. He uses the traditional burnt wood method for emphasizing certain characteristics of his subject matter. Sibusiso is celebrated as a wood carver whose work is rich in expression and of a very high quality.
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Themba Khumalo, the older of the two recipients was born in the Simon Area of Ingwavuma in KwaZulu Natal. Themba was introduced to and skilled in wood carving by his brother Timothy Mlambo. Themba is a full time sculptor, who carves animals and insects in wood and paints them in bright colours.
His carved animals are bold and vibrant and often animated and narrative in style, giving them a personal twist.
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is work ranges in size from miniatures to large mobiles.
Both artists have participated in exhibitions in South Africa and in London.
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Bird and Animal
77 x 26 cm
R 968.00
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Friends
26 x 21 cm
R
565.00
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For additional information contact the Director, Sharon Crampton at 031-312 3805 or email
africanartcentre@afri-art.co.za
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Exhibition sponsored by W.K. Kellogg Foundation
March 2010
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