- George Lilanga
George Lilanga (1934–2005) was a
Tanzania n artist. He was of the tribe of theMakonde , lived inDar es Salaam in Tanzania and was part of the most distinguished representatives of the contemporaryAfrican art many years.His works were represented at all important international expositions of African contemporaries (e.g. Africa Remix in
Düsseldorf ,Paris ,London andTokyo ). On the occasion of his death the Hamburg Mawingu Collection (HMC) [http://www.makonde.com] has presented in a work directory for the first time a systematically and thematically complete summary of the complex life's work of the artist. In addition, the book arranges various insights into the traditional roots ofEast Africa n Makonde art as well as into four decades of Lilanga's artistic development with different materials and techniques from sculpture over paintings up to the etching.The Hamburg Mawingu Collection is one of the internationally leading digests of modern and contemporary East African Makonde art. Besides numerous masterpieces of the well-known Makonde wood sculptors (like Samaki, Dastani, Chanuo, Kashimiri, Karinto, Anangangola etc.) the HMC: George Lilanga Collection is an essential part of the digest. [http://www.lilanga.info]
.....
External links
* [http://www.georgelilanga.com George Lilanga online internet webshop]
* [http://www.makonde.com Hamburg Mawingu Collection]
* [http://www.lilanga.info HMC: George Lilanga Collection]
* [http://www.tanzanian-art.de/Makonde/Collection_Sebastian_Hansen/index.html Private collection of Lilanga sculptures and paintings]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.