Lobengula
Lobengula
May 2017
Acrylic paint, Theatre paint and Shed paint on canvas on board
120cm x 120cm x 2cm
Shown at 'Corke New Contemporaries Exhibition' Corke Gallery, Aigburth, Liverpool - 12 April to 5 May 2018
Sold by Nic Corke, Corke Gallery, Aigburth, Liverpool
The painting ‘Lobengula’ references Lobengula Khumalo (1845-1894) the second and last King of the Northern Ndebele people. Ndebele and Matabele both mean ‘the men of the long shields’ a reference to the warriors’ use of the Zulu shield and spear.
For me the painting expresses thoughts of displacement from one's natural homeland – to be torn away, yet empowered to hold on to the place where one belongs.