Dialogue on the art & words of Ernest Mancoba, 11th Feb 2020, Cape Town

We are pleased to post recordings from the conference: ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The conference, or “Ernest Mancoba: Dialogue on his Art & Words” was held on 11th Feb…

textile – re-attribution

re-attribution: Sonja Ferlov Mancoba with Ernest Mancoba, printed by Hanne Danielsen of Helga Foght studio, 1951, print on synthetic fabric

Untitled, 1950

Untitled, 1950, watercolour and ink on paper, 34 x 24 cm; collection of A4 Foundation

Untitled, 1950

1950, wood sculpture, 30.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm, untitled; image use courtesy of the Estate of Ferlov Mancoba

Untitled, 1951

1951, wood sculpture, 29 x 12 x 13 cm; private collection; image source: Karen Kurczynski; courtesy the Estate of Ferlov and Mancoba

Untitled, 1951

1951, oil on canvas, 60 x 49.5 cm; Private collection; image use courtesy of the Estate of Ferlov Mancoba

Untitled, 1951

1951, oil on board, 55 x 38 cm; collection of the Homestead Collection (South Africa); image: W.Sze

Winnie Sze & Ass Prof Nomusa Makhubu

OPENING: The 2 co-convenors in conversation To open the Dialogue conference the 2 co-convenors converse about why Mancoba why now, and South African modern art in general. They…

Kyle Shepherd

CLOSING: musical performance Kyle Shepherd is the second musical performance included in the conference. Mancoba strove for his art to speak universally in the way he believed music…

Alicia Knock

PANEL: Curating Mancoba Title: Curating “I shall dance in a different society”, Ernest Mancoba retrospective at the Centre Pompidou copyright the speaker. To reference the talk: Alicia Knock,…

Dr Same Mdluli

PANEL: Curating Mancoba Title: The expressive modes of Ernest Mancoba and the question of a universal language of art copyright the speaker. To reference the talk: Dr Same…

Dorthe Aagesen

PANEL: Mancoba and Other Artists Title: Sonja Ferlov Mancoba and Ernest Mancoba: “… Only through each other can we live and breathe, and no-one creates alone …” copyright…