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Dumile Feni BIOGRAPHY
1939 or 1942 Worcester, Cape Province, South Africa - 1991 New York City. Known for: Drawing, painting, murals and sculpture, teaching.
DUMILE: ARTIST IN EXILE?. This text has been extracted from the catalogue: Dumile: Artist in Exile, written and published by Bruce Campbell-Smith in association with Art on Paper in 2004. One day I... Read full biography
DUMILE: ARTIST IN EXILE?. This text has been extracted from the catalogue: Dumile: Artist in Exile, written and published by Bruce Campbell-Smith in association with Art on Paper in 2004. One day I was in the Township with this driver and we went past a line of men who were all handcuffed. I don't... Read full biography
DUMILE: ARTIST IN EXILE?. This text has been extracted from the catalogue: Dumile: Artist in Exile, written and published by Bruce Campbell-Smith in association with Art on Paper in 2004. One day I was in the Township with this driver and we went past a line of men who were all handcuffed. I don't know what for, maybe for having no pass or something. Anyway the driver said, 'Why don't you ever draw things like that?' I didn't know what to say. Then just when I was still thinking, a funeral for... Read full biography
DUMILE: ARTIST IN EXILE?. This text has been extracted from the catalogue: Dumile: Artist in Exile, written and published by Bruce Campbell-Smith in association with Art on Paper in 2004. One day I was in the Township with this driver and we went past a line of men who were all handcuffed. I don't know what for, maybe for having no pass or something. Anyway the driver said, 'Why don't you ever draw things like that?' I didn't know what to say. Then just when I was still thinking, a funeral for a child came past. A funeral on a Monday morning. You know, all the people in black on a lorry. And as the funeral went past those men in handcuffs, those men watched it go past, and those with hats took off their hats. I said to the guy I was with,... Read full biography
DUMILE: ARTIST IN EXILE?. This text has been extracted from the catalogue: Dumile: Artist in Exile, written and published by Bruce Campbell-Smith in association with Art on Paper in 2004. One day I was in the Township with this driver and we went past a line of men who were all handcuffed. I don't know what for, maybe for having no pass or something. Anyway the driver said, 'Why don't you ever draw things like that?' I didn't know what to say. Then just when I was still thinking, a funeral for a child came past. A funeral on a Monday morning. You know, all the people in black on a lorry. And as the funeral went past those men in handcuffs, those men watched it go past, and those with hats took off their hats. I said to the guy I was with, 'That's what I want to draw!' (Simon, 1968: 43). Dumile Feni: The artist and the work. I work hard. I draw, I sculpt,... Read full biography
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Zwelidumile Mhlaba Dumile, Dumile (Awelidumile Mxgazi) Feni-Mhlaba, Dumile Mxgazi Mhlaba
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DUMILE: ARTIST IN EXILE?
This text has been extracted from the catalogue: Dumile: Artist in Exile, written and published by Bruce Campbell-Smith in association with Art on Paper in 2004.
One day I was in the Township with this driver and we went past a line of men who were all handcuffed. I don't know what for, maybe for having no pass or something. Anyway the driver said, 'Why don't you ever draw things like that?' I didn't know what to say. Then just when I was still thinking, a funeral for a child came past. A funeral on a Monday morning. You know, all the people in black on a lorry. And as the funeral went past those men in handcuffs, those men watched it go past, and those with hats took off their hats. I said to t...But wait, there's more...
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