SOUTH AFRICA: JOHANNESBURG: FIRST ART SHOW TO BE OPENED BY AN AFRICAN

Record ID: 1252109

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: JOHANNESBURG: FIRST ART SHOW TO BE OPENED BY AN AFRICAN
  • Date: 11th May 1962
  • Summary: 1. LV MNGOMA SPEAKS AT OPENING CEREMONY 0.02 2. CU MNGOMA 0.05 3. SV ZOOM IN - MNGOMA SHAKES HANDS WITH KUMALO, ZOOM IN TO KUMALO 0.11 4. SCU "EAGLE" SCULPTURE 0.15 5. CU HEAD OF "EAGLE" 0.17 6. SCU KUMALO AND WIFE B. "MUSIC AND DANCING" 0.25 7. SV AFRICAN WOMEN LOOK AT "ST. FRANCIS" IN PRE-CAST STONE 0.28 8. CU HEAD OF "ST. FRANCIS" 0.32 9. SCU BUST OF "ST. FRANCIS" 0.34 10. CU AFRICAN WOMAN LOOKS 0.36 11. SCU "SEATED WOMAN" IN PRE-CAST STONE 0.40 12. CU DITTO 0.42 13. CU ONLOOKER 0.45 14. SCU "BLACK LEOPARD" IN BRONZE 0.48 15. CU DITTO 0.51 16. SCU "BEAST" IN TERRA COTTA 0.54 17. FULL CU - DITTO 0.57 18. CU SPECTATOR 0.59 19. SCU "MATRIARCH" IN TERRA COTTA 1.03 20. CU SPECTATORS 1.08 21. CU ???, MASK ??? IN TERRA COTTA 1.08 22. SCU "RECLING FIGURE" IN PRE-CAST STONE. 1.12 Initials PC/S/MR/PB EHR/S/MR/CJB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Story Text:MR KHABI MNGOMA CREATED HISTORY IN JOHANNESBURG MAY 8 WHEN HE OPENED AN EXHIBITION OF SCULPTURES BY SOUTH AFRICA'S MOST WELL-KNOWN SCULPTOR, MR. SYDNEY KUMALO. FOR IT WAS SAID TO BE THE FIRST TIME THAT AN ART EXHIBITION HAD BEEN OPENED IN THE COUNTRY BY AN AFRICAN. MR. MNGOMA, WHO HAS BEEN A TEACHER OF MUSIC AT JOHANNESBURG'S JUBILEE SOCIAL CENTRE FOR FIVE YEARS, IS A TRIPLE LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC. THE EXHIBITION WAS MR. KUMALO'S FIRST ONE-MAN SHOW. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY EXHIBITED IN GROUP SHOWS. SIXTEEN WORKS, IN BRONZE, STONE, PLASTER OF PARIS AND TERRA-COTTA WERE ON EXHIBITION. MR KUMALO HAS BEEN A TEACHER OF SCULPTURE AT THE JUBILEE CENTRE FOR FIVE YEARS.
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