Benjamin Mzimkulu Macala Faces Artwork Medium!! Genuine SA Artwork Internationally Renowned!!

Benjamin Mzimkulu Macala Faces Artwork Medium!! Genuine SA Artwork Internationally Renowned!!

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THIS IS AN ORIGINAL BEN MACALA ARTWORK AND IN PRACTICALLY PERFECT CONDITION

Valued At R2400 Many Years Ago (As Per Certificate Seen In Photos).

Worth Much More Today!

This artwork is practically in perfect condition (as the day it was bought)

Glass protected all these years

Still glass protected

Strong frame that compliments this beautiful piece of artwork fantastically

Frame and glass alone probably worth about half this auction starting price!! :)

Absolutely beautiful and stunning piece of work

Measurement without frame (rough but rather accurate indication)

300 mm width

440 mm length

Measurement with frame (rough but rather accurate indication)

580 mm width

720 mm length

This truly is a steal for this price.

Clearly signed by artists as can be seen from images

About Ben

1938 - 1997 Benjamin Mzimkulu Macala spent part of his youth in the countryside and later grew up as a member of an urbanized Black community in Gauteng. He started his art career in 1965 and although largely self-taught, he from time to time worked with fellow artist, Ephraim Ngatane. He also attended classes under Cecil Skotnes and Bill Ainslie at the Jubilee Art Centre in Johannesburg in 1967. Although Macala started off as a sculptor he also became very well known for his pictorial work. In his sculpture as well as in his paintings and drawings he is especially fond of creating heads, most often female heads as well as mother-and-child studies. He worked in crayons and mixed media. Some of his earlier faces were Madonna-like, with serene qualities. These later became popularized and stylized and he began presenting these faces in group compositions. His latter works before his death tend to be more refined and also decorative, compared to many of his earlier works. He was one of the first commercial black artists whos work was seen all over the country, even in the days of Apartheid. Represented: Many private collections in South Africa and abroad. South African National Gallery, Cape Town, King George IV Gallery, Port Elizabeth, University of Fort Hare, University of the Witwatersrand, University of South Africa as well as other University collections

Exhibitions

Macala was included in the African Painters and Sculptors from Johannesburg Exhibition at the Piccadilly Gallery in London in 1965.
1967 - Fist solo-exhibition in Johannesburg
1968 - Artists of Fame and Promise Exhibition
1981 - Black Art Today Exhibition
1987 - African Images Exhibition 
1988 - Neglected Tradition Exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery
He has participated in several South African group exhibitions and abroad in Australia, Europe and the U.S.A.

Artwork ranges around R10 000

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