Visions of Love and Sorrow – the Art of John Muafangejo
John Ndevesia Muafangejo (1943-1987), Namibia’s most acclaimed artist alongside Adolph Jentsch and Fritz Krampe, gained worldwide recognition during his short and intensely productive career for the power, uniqueness and immediacy of his vision. A world master of the linocut, he created graphic images that depicted African subjects. Scenes from his tribal homestead, a lovers’ meeting, the epic Battle of Rorke’s Drift, African wildlife, snow in Finland (a visit), an airline flight, a second-hand car, whatever his theme, there is no mistaking he was able to tell a universal story as well as a personal story openly with his penetrating observation of life
Re-edited from the 1992 Thames and Hudson publication this is the first tri-lingual (English with Oshikwanyama and German translations) full treatment of an artist whose works continue to inspire, touch and make us think and laugh. Reproduced in more than 160 illustrations with an introduction detailing the artist’s life, short essays on ten universal themes, an alphabetical index of titles a foreword by Nelson Mandela, and the complete script of the play Forcible love by orde about Muafangejo, which had been especially commissioned for Namibia’s Independence celebrations and which opened at the National Theatre of Namibia.
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Visions of Love and Sorrow – the Art of John Muafangejo. Updated and revised edition. Trilingual publication: English with Oshikawanyama and German translations. Foreword by Nelson Mandela. Introduction by orde. Sections on Tribal Life, Social View, Animal Life, Church View, Biblical Life, Places, Symbolism and Design, Personal Life, Historical Events, World View. Chronoligies etc. Paperback, Kuiseb Publishers, 2020, 183 pages, 195 illustrations, includes the script of “Forcible Love’ by orde
