Dumile Feni

South Africanima nuchee ni baŋda

Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mhlaba "Dumile" Feni (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin goli May biɛɣ'pishi ni yini dali yuuni 1942 ka daa kpi yuuni 1991) daa nyɛla South African lihigu nuchee ni baŋda zaŋ n-ti Katlego Lhuzwayoboth, o nuchee ni tumanima nyɛla din tooi jɛndiri pɛntibu Apartheid din be South Africa.[1]

Dumile Feni
Worcester (en) Translate, Silimin gɔli May 21, 1942
O ya TiŋgbaŋSouth Africa
African Americans (en) Translate
Kpibu sheeNew York, 1991
Education
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibuSilmiinsili
Tuma
TumaPɛnta-pɛnta ni sculptor (en) Translate

Documentary

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Yuuni 2010, o kundinima tumanima shɛli Zwelidumile nyɛla o ni daa bahi. South African filmmaker Ramadan Suleman nyɛ ŋun daa nam li.[2]

Maŋmaŋ biɛhigu

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Feni's tuuli yuli, Zwelidumile gbunni nyɛla ninvuɣ so sokam ni mi tiŋgbani kam ni."[3]

Feni nyɛla ŋun mali bia ŋun nyɛ paɣa ka o yuli booni Marriam Diale.[4]

Exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

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  • 1965: Transvaal Academy, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1966: Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
  • 1966: Gallery 101, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1966: Johannesburg Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1966: Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
  • 1966: Republic Festival Exhibition, Pretoria, South Africa
  • 1966: SA Breweries Art Prize Exhibition, toured South Africa
  • 1966: Trans-Natal, Natal Society for Arts, Durban, South Africa
  • 1967: Gallery 101, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1967: Transvaal Academy, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1968: Sketches from a Private Collection, Goodman Gallery
  • 1969: Grosvenor Gallery, London, United Kingdom
  • 1970: Exhibition from the Collection of Desmond Fisher, Goodman Gallery
  • 1970: The 51 Club Winter Art Exhibition, Goodman Gallery
  • 1975: South African Sculpture, Goodman Gallery
  • 1981: Black Art Today, Jabulani Standard Bank, Soweto
  • 1988: La Galleria, New York, NY
  • 1989: Portrait of Nelson Mandela for the Pathfinder Mural, New York, NY
  • 1990: Township Art from South Africa, Applecrest, New York, NY
  • 1991: Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa
  • 2010: Art on Paper, MOMO Art Gallery, South Africa

Group exhibitions

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  • 1966: Artists of Fame and Promise, Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1967: São Paulo Art Biennial, Brazil
  • 1967: Sculpture South Africa, 1900: 1967, Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1969: Contemporary African Art, Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom
  • 1971: Gallery 101, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1972: Gallery 101, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1975: African Art from South Africa, Gallery 21, London, United Kingdom
  • 1977: Contemporary African Art in South Africa, Rand Afrikaans University, Pretoria Art Museum, University of Orange Free State, William Hamphrey Art Gallery (University of Fort Hare)
  • 1977: SANG (Cape Town Festival), Gallery 21, South Africa
  • 1982: Art towards Social Development: an Exhibition of South African Art, National Museum and Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana
  • 1983: United Nations Exhibition, Commemoration of Namibia Freedom Day, New York, NY
  • 1987: Unlock Apartheid's Jails, conference on children under apartheid, with Bill Cosby and the American Committee of Africa, Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY
  • 1988: Uhuru: an Exhibition of African American Art against Apartheid, City without Wall Gallery, Newark, NJ
  • 1988: Voices from Exile (Seven South African Artists), Washington, DC; Los Angeles, CA; Houston, TX; Philadelphia, PA
  • 2010: MOMO Art Gallery, South Africa

Selected works and publications

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  • Feni, Dumile, and Bruce Smith. Dumile: Artist in Exile, South Africa: Bruce Smith in association with Art on Paper, 2004. ISBN 978-0-620-32860-9 OCLC 57398581

Kundivihira

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  1. Dumile Feni (23 December 2014).
  2. Zvomuya, Percy (16 September 2011). "Known only by his absence". Mail & Guardian. http://mg.co.za/article/2011-09-16-known-only-by-his-absence.
  3. Feni, Dumile; Dube, Prince Mbusi (2006). Dumile Feni Retrospective: Johannesburg Art Gallery (PDF). Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery. ISBN 978-1-868-14442-6. OCLC 82364701. Retrieved 8 February 2016. Catalog of a retrospective exhibition held at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, Jan. 31-Apr. 10, 2005, the Oliewenhuis Art Museum, May 17–June 17, 2005, and the South African National Gallery, Aug. 13–Nov. 4, 2005[permanent dead link]
  4. Zwelidumile (2010).
  5. Dumile Feni (1939 - 1991): The Order of Ikhamanga in Gold (2 December 2003). “Awarded to Dumile Feni (1939 -1991) for Exceptional achievement in the field of arts and contribution to the struggle against apartheid”
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