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Louis Maqhubela
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Louis Maqhubela (1939 - 6 November 2021) was a South African artist.
Quotes
Even abstract art by a black practitioner was a declaration of war against being stereotyped, bearing in mind that abstraction has, for centuries been Africa's premier form of expression.
Why would your ancestral form of expression suddenly be deemed 'foreign' to the black man of the 20th century
LOUIS MAQHUBELA LEAVES LUMINOUS LEGACY AND BODY OF WORK 25 January 2022
Quotes about Maqhubela
It would be a mistake to characterise his work as the art of an exile
What is apparent is that the accumulation of all his experiences produced magical paintings that belong to the here and now
LOUIS MAQHUBELA LEAVES LUMINOUS LEGACY AND BODY OF WORK 25 January 2022
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Category:1939 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Artists from South Africa