Malangatana. The Eye of the Crocodile – PDF
Malangatana. The Eye of the Crocodile – PDF
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| Publication Date | June 6, 2025 |
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| No. of Pages | 592 including 249 colored pages |
€78.99
This is the first full-length book about Malangatana. It is an original contribution to the literature of decolonization and antiracism. Richard Gray’s work gives fresh insights into the life and artistic achievements of a groundbreaking artist who helped trigger the historical process by which western art and culture can no longer claim universality. He gives priority to Malangatana’s words (to him and others) and a unique set of interviews with Malangatana’s family and friends carried out at his birthplace in Mozambique and around the world. Thanks to the generosity of the Malangatana Valente Ngwenya Foundation, which curates the artist’s legacy, Gray also bases the book on unprecedented access to archive material. Malangatana’s archive at his atelier/family home in Maputo contains his hitherto unexamined correspondence and personal collection of artworks. Gray’s chapters have sections about relevant examples. Among the highlights are iconic but long unexhibited paintings of the mid-1980s. Equally rare photographs accompany the text.
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| Publication Date | June 6, 2025 |
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| No. of Pages | 592 including 249 colored pages |
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………………………………………… vii
Prefatory Notes ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ix
Maps……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. xi
Artworks by Malangatana reproduced and/ or discussed, with details and acknowledgements…………………………………………………… xv
Foreword, by Chris Spring ……………………………………………………………………………………xxiii
Author’s Prologue …………………………………………………………………………………………………. xxv
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
1 Birth and Childhood (1936-1948) ……………………………………………………………… 29
1 Malangatana’s Birth and Early Years in Matalana (1936-1948)……………………………… 30
2 Malangatana and the Cultural and Visual Environment of Matalana …………………… 64
2 Becoming an artist (1948-1962) …………………………………………………………………. 89
3 A World of Dreams (1948-1958)………………………………………………………………………….. 90
4 The Núcleo de Arte (1958-1960) ………………………………………………………………………… 112
5 With Pancho Guedes (1960-1962) ……………………………………………………………………… 124
3 Politics, Prison and Pragmatism ………………………………………………………………. 158
6 With José Craveirinha (1962-1964) …………………………………………………………………… 160
7 Arrest, Trial and Imprisonment (1964-1966) …………………………………………………….. 188
8 Artist of the Possible (1966-1974)………………………………………………………………………. 208
4 Independence and Exile (1975-1980)………………………………………………………… 223
9 Murals and Meetings (1975-1978) ……………………………………………………………………… 224
10 Exile to Nampula, Frelimo’s Reasons and Malangatana’s Activities On and Off the Record (1978-1980) …………………………………………………. 238
11 Reclaiming Mozambican Culture in Nampula (1978-1980) ……………………………… 284
5 Rehabilitation and Acclaim (1980-1994) …………………………………………………… 327
12 Rehabilitation (1980-1986) ……………………………………………………………………………… 328
13 Acclaim (1986-1994)………………………………………………………………………………………… 348
6 Accolades, Adventures and Conclusions (1994-2011)…………………………………. 401
14 Accolades and Adventures (1994-2011)……………………………………………………………. 402
15 Conclusions …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 420
Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 450
Appendices
Appendix A: Glossary of Ronga and Portuguese words and phrases……………………… 472
Appendix B: Mozambican History before Malangatana (Earliest times – 1932) …….. 484
Appendix C: Mozambican History since 1932 ………………………………………………………. 494
Appendix D: Biographical timeline of Malangatana (1936-2011)…………………………..504
Appendix E: Key Interview Transcripts…………………………………………………………………. 516
Appendix F: Personal writing about Malangatana…………………………………………………. 534
Index ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 538
Timeline: Richard Gray and Malangatana………………………………………………………….. 565
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