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==History==
==History==
Born in Cape Town on 24 February 1967, Billy Mandindi <ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.artshost.org/greatmore/residentartists/resartpast.htm#}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref> was educated in King William’s Town, in the Ciskei region of the Eastern Province. Mandindi mostly taught himself art, although he did take classes at the [[Community Arts Project]] (1985–1986), and at the [[Michaelis School of Fine Art]] of the University of Cape Town for one year (1987-1988). He also regularly attended the Visual Arts Group workshops between 1988 and 1989.<ref name=cape>{{cite web|url = http://www.capegallery.co.za/billy_mandindi_cv.htm|website = The Cape Gallery|title = Billy Mandini}}</ref>
Born in Cape Town on 24 February 1967, Billy Mandindi <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artshost.org/greatmore/residentartists/resartpast.htm# |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20051218080606/http://www.artshost.org:80/greatmore/residentartists/resartpast.htm |archivedate=December 18, 2005 }}</ref> was educated in King William’s Town, in the Ciskei region of the Eastern Province. Mandindi mostly taught himself art, although he did take classes at the [[Community Arts Project]] (1985–1986), and at the [[Michaelis School of Fine Art]] of the University of Cape Town for one year (1987-1988). He also regularly attended the Visual Arts Group workshops between 1988 and 1989.<ref name=cape>{{cite web|url = http://www.capegallery.co.za/billy_mandindi_cv.htm|website = The Cape Gallery|title = Billy Mandini}}</ref>


Mandindi was associated with [[Hardground Printmakers]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.hardgroundprintmakers.com/general_view.asp?pg=history.asp}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref> for 4 years, which produced his prints and portfolios of linocut.<ref name = artshot_curr>{{cite web|url = http://www.artshost.org/greatmore/residentartists/resartcurr/billymandindi.htm|title = Billy Mandindi|website = Greatmore Studios}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref> He also drew, painted, and sculptured.
Mandindi was associated with [[Hardground Printmakers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hardgroundprintmakers.com/general_view.asp?pg=history.asp |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20050930214834/http://www.hardgroundprintmakers.com:80/general_view.asp?pg=history.asp |archivedate=September 30, 2005 }}</ref> for 4 years, which produced his prints and portfolios of linocut.<ref name=artshot_curr>{{cite web|url=http://www.artshost.org/greatmore/residentartists/resartcurr/billymandindi.htm |title=Billy Mandindi |website=Greatmore Studios |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20050120201355/http://www.artshost.org:80/greatmore/residentartists/resartcurr/billymandindi.htm |archivedate=January 20, 2005 }}</ref> He also drew, painted, and sculptured.


During the 1980s and 1990s Mandindi participated in group and solo exhibitions in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, and Stellenbosch. Mandindi's work featured in a Museum of Modern Art Exhibition in London (1990) and in the South African National Gallery in Cape Town (1994).<ref name=cape/>
During the 1980s and 1990s Mandindi participated in group and solo exhibitions in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, and Stellenbosch. Mandindi's work featured in a Museum of Modern Art Exhibition in London (1990) and in the South African National Gallery in Cape Town (1994).<ref name=cape/>


The Belgian curators of the 1995 Africus Biennale<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n9_v83/ai_17502875}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref> in Johannesburg invited him to show his work. In 1996 Mandindi was invited to Denmark, Copenhagen as part of the “Container 96-Art Across the Oceans” exhibition.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n12_v84/ai_18967383/pg_3}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref> He collaborated with Gavin Younge<ref>{{cite web|url = http://web.uct.ac.za/org/cama/CAMA/countries/southafr/Makers/gyounge/HTML/index.htm|title = Gavin Younge}}</ref> on "Umkrweli/House," which referred to issues of housing and access to land.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.iziko.org.za/ac/pub/pre1997/bn96a-fr.htm}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref> Mandindi next participated in the “Fault Lines” exhibition at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town by invitation. The exhibition commemorated the uprising of black students in 1976 against the implementation of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction for certain subjects in black schools.<ref name = artshot_curr/><ref name = sahistory>{{cite web|url = http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/Mandindi-bp.htm|title = Pissara, Mario. n.d. Billy Mandindi}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref>
The Belgian curators of the 1995 Africus Biennale<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n9_v83/ai_17502875}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref> in Johannesburg invited him to show his work. In 1996 Mandindi was invited to Denmark, Copenhagen as part of the “Container 96-Art Across the Oceans” exhibition.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n12_v84/ai_18967383/pg_3}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref> He collaborated with Gavin Younge<ref>{{cite web|url = http://web.uct.ac.za/org/cama/CAMA/countries/southafr/Makers/gyounge/HTML/index.htm|title = Gavin Younge}}</ref> on "Umkrweli/House," which referred to issues of housing and access to land.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iziko.org.za/ac/pub/pre1997/bn96a-fr.htm |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20060924215549/http://www.iziko.org.za/ac/pub/pre1997/bn96a-fr.htm |archivedate=September 24, 2006 }}</ref> Mandindi next participated in the “Fault Lines” exhibition at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town by invitation. The exhibition commemorated the uprising of black students in 1976 against the implementation of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction for certain subjects in black schools.<ref name = artshot_curr/><ref name=sahistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/Mandindi-bp.htm |title=Pissara, Mario. n.d. Billy Mandindi |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20080412084722/http://www.sahistory.org.za:80/pages/people/bios/mandindi-bp.htm |archivedate=April 12, 2008 }}</ref>


==Art==
==Art==
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Mandindi's art combined warm colours and comic figures with serious political issues to create unsettling results.<ref name=cape/> One of the best examples is "The Death of Township Art" <ref name=artthrob10>{{cite journal|title = Goodbye Billy Mandindi (1967-2005)|url = http://www.artthrob.co.za/05oct/news/mandindi.html|first1 = David Robert|last1 = Lewis|date = October 2005|journal = artthrob|accessdate = June 3, 2015|issue = 98}}</ref>(1989), in which two demonic angels hold a burning a tire around a giraffe's neck. Mandindi refers here to the method used by township vigilantes to kill suspected collaborators by means of the so-called '[[Necklacing|necklace]].' <ref name = sahistory/>
Mandindi's art combined warm colours and comic figures with serious political issues to create unsettling results.<ref name=cape/> One of the best examples is "The Death of Township Art" <ref name=artthrob10>{{cite journal|title = Goodbye Billy Mandindi (1967-2005)|url = http://www.artthrob.co.za/05oct/news/mandindi.html|first1 = David Robert|last1 = Lewis|date = October 2005|journal = artthrob|accessdate = June 3, 2015|issue = 98}}</ref>(1989), in which two demonic angels hold a burning a tire around a giraffe's neck. Mandindi refers here to the method used by township vigilantes to kill suspected collaborators by means of the so-called '[[Necklacing|necklace]].' <ref name = sahistory/>
He continued to use warm colours in his later, non-political work, such as the geometrically shaped series "Matters Arising".<ref name = bagfactory>{{cite web|url = http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za/html/resident/residents/Billy/Billy.htm|title = Billy Mandindi|website = Bagfactory Artists' Studio}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref>
He continued to use warm colours in his later, non-political work, such as the geometrically shaped series "Matters Arising".<ref name=bagfactory>{{cite web|url=http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za/html/resident/residents/Billy/Billy.htm |title=Billy Mandindi |website=Bagfactory Artists' Studio |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20060925145616/http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za/html/resident/residents/Billy/Billy.htm |archivedate=September 25, 2006 }}</ref>


Renowned South African artist and curator [[David Koloane]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.joburg.org.za/people/koloane.stm}}{{dead link|date = June 2015}}</ref> hailed Mandindi as one of South Africa's most
Renowned South African artist and curator [[David Koloane]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joburg.org.za/people/koloane.stm |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20061210100611/http://www.joburg.org.za:80/people/koloane.stm |archivedate=December 10, 2006 }}</ref> hailed Mandindi as one of South Africa's most
versatile multi-media practitioners.<ref name = bagfactory/> For example, he used tin, paint, wire and wood for "Fire Games" (1985).<ref name = artthrob10/> Mandindi also worked with more traditional media, such as oil pastels (for example, in "The Death of Township Art"),<ref name = artthrob10/> and his use of charcoal (in a self-portrait, for instance).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.capegallery.co.za/images/billy_mandindi/billy_mandindi02_300.jpg|title = the Cape Gallery-Images}}</ref>
versatile multi-media practitioners.<ref name = bagfactory/> For example, he used tin, paint, wire and wood for "Fire Games" (1985).<ref name = artthrob10/> Mandindi also worked with more traditional media, such as oil pastels (for example, in "The Death of Township Art"),<ref name = artthrob10/> and his use of charcoal (in a self-portrait, for instance).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.capegallery.co.za/images/billy_mandindi/billy_mandindi02_300.jpg|title = the Cape Gallery-Images}}</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za/html/resident/residents/Billy/Billy.htm Billy Mandindi. Bagfactory Artists' Studio]{{dead link|date = June 2015}}
* [https://web.archive.org/20060925145616/http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za/html/resident/residents/Billy/Billy.htm Billy Mandindi. Bagfactory Artists' Studio]
* [http://www.capegallery.co.za/billy_mandindi_cv.htm Billy Mandindi. The Cape Gallery]
* [http://www.capegallery.co.za/billy_mandindi_cv.htm Billy Mandindi. The Cape Gallery]
* [http://www.artshost.org/greatmore/residentartists/resartcurr/billymandindi.htm Billy Mandindi. Greatmore Studios]{{dead link|date = June 2015}}
* [https://web.archive.org/20050120201355/http://www.artshost.org:80/greatmore/residentartists/resartcurr/billymandindi.htm Billy Mandindi. Greatmore Studios]
* [http://www.artthrob.co.za/05oct/news/mandindi.html Lewis, David Robert. Goodbye Billy Mandindi (1967-2005). ''Artthrob'']
* [http://www.artthrob.co.za/05oct/news/mandindi.html Lewis, David Robert. Goodbye Billy Mandindi (1967-2005). ''Artthrob'']
* [http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/Mandindi-bp.htm Pissara, Mario. n.d. Billy Mandindi]{{dead link|date = June 2015}}
* [https://web.archive.org/20080412084722/http://www.sahistory.org.za:80/pages/people/bios/mandindi-bp.htm Pissara, Mario. n.d. Billy Mandindi]


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Buysile "Billy" Mandindi (1967–2005) was a black South African activist-artist who participated in a landmark protest in Cape Town in 1989, the so-called Purple Rain Protest. Later, still covered with the purple dye that riot police sprayed on protesters, Mandindi created a lino cut celebrating the spirit of freedom.

History

Born in Cape Town on 24 February 1967, Billy Mandindi [1] was educated in King William’s Town, in the Ciskei region of the Eastern Province. Mandindi mostly taught himself art, although he did take classes at the Community Arts Project (1985–1986), and at the Michaelis School of Fine Art of the University of Cape Town for one year (1987-1988). He also regularly attended the Visual Arts Group workshops between 1988 and 1989.[2]

Mandindi was associated with Hardground Printmakers[3] for 4 years, which produced his prints and portfolios of linocut.[4] He also drew, painted, and sculptured.

During the 1980s and 1990s Mandindi participated in group and solo exhibitions in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, and Stellenbosch. Mandindi's work featured in a Museum of Modern Art Exhibition in London (1990) and in the South African National Gallery in Cape Town (1994).[2]

The Belgian curators of the 1995 Africus Biennale[5] in Johannesburg invited him to show his work. In 1996 Mandindi was invited to Denmark, Copenhagen as part of the “Container 96-Art Across the Oceans” exhibition.[6] He collaborated with Gavin Younge[7] on "Umkrweli/House," which referred to issues of housing and access to land.[8] Mandindi next participated in the “Fault Lines” exhibition at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town by invitation. The exhibition commemorated the uprising of black students in 1976 against the implementation of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction for certain subjects in black schools.[4][9]

Art

Mandindi's earlier art reflected the struggle for political liberation. For example, in the print tiptych "Prophecy" (1985) and again in the oil painting "African Madonna"[10] (1986) Mandindi reinterpreted the fateful Xhosa prophetess Nonqawuse in relation to the experience of economic exploitation of migrant labourers under apartheid.[9][10] In 1988 Mandindi participated in the "Palette of Oppression" group exhibition with Rodger Meintjies and Fuad Adams.

Mandindi's art combined warm colours and comic figures with serious political issues to create unsettling results.[2] One of the best examples is "The Death of Township Art" [11](1989), in which two demonic angels hold a burning a tire around a giraffe's neck. Mandindi refers here to the method used by township vigilantes to kill suspected collaborators by means of the so-called 'necklace.' [9] He continued to use warm colours in his later, non-political work, such as the geometrically shaped series "Matters Arising".[12]

Renowned South African artist and curator David Koloane[13] hailed Mandindi as one of South Africa's most versatile multi-media practitioners.[12] For example, he used tin, paint, wire and wood for "Fire Games" (1985).[11] Mandindi also worked with more traditional media, such as oil pastels (for example, in "The Death of Township Art"),[11] and his use of charcoal (in a self-portrait, for instance).[14]

Public collections which includes Mandindi's art

  • Caltex Collection
  • South African National Gallery, Cape Town
  • Truworths Collection
  • University of South Africa, Pretoria
  • University of Stellenbosch
  • University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

See also

The University of the Western Cape also houses several of Billy Mandindi's prints as part of its massive Community Arts Project collection housed in the Centre for Humanities Research.

References

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/20051218080606/http://www.artshost.org:80/greatmore/residentartists/resartpast.htm. Archived from the original on December 18, 2005. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Billy Mandini". The Cape Gallery.
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/20050930214834/http://www.hardgroundprintmakers.com:80/general_view.asp?pg=history.asp. Archived from the original on September 30, 2005. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b "Billy Mandindi". Greatmore Studios. Archived from the original on January 20, 2005. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n9_v83/ai_17502875. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]
  6. ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n12_v84/ai_18967383/pg_3. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]
  7. ^ "Gavin Younge".
  8. ^ https://web.archive.org/20060924215549/http://www.iziko.org.za/ac/pub/pre1997/bn96a-fr.htm. Archived from the original on September 24, 2006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ a b c "Pissara, Mario. n.d. Billy Mandindi". Archived from the original on April 12, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ a b Oppenheimer, Mark (November 2005). "'Revisions' at SANG". artthrob (99). Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  11. ^ a b c Lewis, David Robert (October 2005). "Goodbye Billy Mandindi (1967-2005)". artthrob (98). Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Billy Mandindi". Bagfactory Artists' Studio. Archived from the original on September 25, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ https://web.archive.org/20061210100611/http://www.joburg.org.za:80/people/koloane.stm. Archived from the original on December 10, 2006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "the Cape Gallery-Images".

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