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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
Dumile Feni - Artist Info
About Dumile Feni: Keywords
Keywords (20)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Poster Art, Poster Design
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Charcoal
- •Conte Crayon
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Social Realism
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
Art School
- •Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Teacher
Added Description
- •Book and/or Magazine Cover Artist
Ethnicity of Artist
- •African
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Sao Paulo Bienniale