Valente Malangatana (1936- ) of Mozambique is an internationally famous artist. The two ink drawings in this exhibition are from the 60’s during colonial rule.
Fantasy and reality collide in Untitled punctuated by monsters and captive slaves. In
Sugar Sacks
in Xinavane we see the heavy loads forced on the locals by the colonizers. Drudgery, suffering
and evil are apparent. Both drawings boil over with intensity, and team with staccato eyes and
teeth. Malangatana resides in Maputo where he has his own museum.
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