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David Nthubu Koloane (5 June 1938 – 30 June 2019) was a South African artist. In his drawings, paintings and collages he explored questions about political injustice and human rights. Koloane is considered to have been "an influential artist and writer of the apartheid years" in South Africa.[1]

David Nthubu Koloane
Koloane at the ACT Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony
Born(1938-06-05)5 June 1938
Alexandra, South Africa
Died30 June 2019(2019-06-30) (aged 81)
Johannesburg, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
EducationJohannesburg Art Foundation (previously Bill Ainslie Studios)
Known forDrawings, Paintings, Collages
AwardsPhD in art, Rhodes University

Life


David Koloane was born on 5 June 1938 in the township of Alexandra, a suburb of Johannesburg in South Africa. Already during high school he started being interested in art and doing art in his leisure time when not working to earn money for the family. From 1974 to 1977 Koloane attended art classes at the Bill Ainslie Studios, which later became the Johannesburg Art Foundation. In 1977, Koloane was one of the founding members of the first black gallery in South Africa, located in Johannesburg. His increasing dedication to art led him to start teaching at a high school in a township, first as a part-time job, later full-time. Also in the following years Koloane was very active and committed: in 1982, he co-curated the Culture and Resistance Arts Festival in Botswana, from 1986 to 1988 he was the curator of the Fuba Art Gallery in Johannesburg and in 1990 he co-ordinated and co-curated the Zabalaza Festivals in London, England. Additionally, Koloane studied at the University of London from 1984 to 1985 and received a diploma in museology.

He participated in the 1989 Pachipamwe II Workshop held at Cyrene Mission outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe alongside prominent artists including Joram Mariga, Bernard Matemera, Bill Ainslie, Voti Thebe, Sokari Douglas Camp and Adam Madebe.[2]

Koloane created an artist residency called Bag Factory with collector Robert Loder in an area not strictly black or white during Apartheid segregation in 1991. Artists Sam Nhlengethwa and Kagiso Patrick Mautloa were the first resident artists and it went on to host William Kentridge, Helen Sebidi, Penny Siopis, Wayne Barker, Benon Lutaaya and Deborah Bell among many.[3]

David Koloane's works are part of many collections worldwide, including the collections of the Johannesburg Art Gallery, The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi, the South African National Gallery in Cape Town and the Botswana National Museum.


Work philosophy


Koloane had a wide-ranging work area: as an artist, he always connected his own works to respective social controversies; furthermore, he contributed to various catalogues, curated exhibitions, was part of jury boards several times – amongst others in the advisory board of the National Arts Council, and published many articles both in South Africa and internationally. In 1998, Koloane was honored with a Prince Claus Award for his contribution to the development of art in South Africa.

He states about his work: "My concern in socio-political matters and contributions to the furtherance of disadvantaged black South African artists during and after the apartheid era is evident. My work can be said to reflect the socio-political landscape of South Africa both past and present. The socio political conditions created by the apartheid system of government have to a large extent transfixed the human condition as the axis around which my work evolves. The human figure has become the icon of creative expression".[4]


Exhibitions (selection)



Literature



Awards



References


  1. Cotter, Holland (24 September 1999). "South Africans, Isolated No More". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  2. Elsbeth, Court. "Pachipamwe II: The Avant Garde in Africa?". African Arts. 25 (1). ISSN 0001-9933.
  3. "A Quarter-Century for the Bag Factory". Creative Feel. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. "David Koloane". The Artists' Press.
  5. "Order of Proceedings", Rhodes University, 10 April 2015



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[de] David Koloane

David Nthubu Koloane (* 5. Juni 1938 in Alexandra, Johannesburg; † 30. Juni 2019 in Johannesburg[1]) war ein südafrikanischer bildender Künstler, Kurator und Kunstkritiker. In seinen Gemälden, Collagen und Zeichnungen befasste er sich mit aktuellen Fragen politischer Ungerechtigkeit und den Menschenrechten. Nach seinen eigenen Aussagen setzte er sich ab 1974 mit der „human condition“, der „Situation des Menschseins“, auseinander.
- [en] David Koloane

[es] David Koloane

David Nthubu Koloane (Johannesburgo, 5 de junio de 1938-ibídem, 30 de junio de 2019) fue un pintor sudafricano cuya obra versa sobre la injusticia y los derechos humanos. [1]


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