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ZA COM MR-T-7-3-2230
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Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu window murals in Cape Town at the Civic Centre
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- Undated (Creation)
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Levendall, Linsey is an artist and illustrator. He constructs portraits by sketching hundreds of tiny patches of color, creating multi-hued landscapes that take the form of his subjects' hair and skin. The prismatic works show a range of human conditions, capturing everything from deep introspection to pure bliss.
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The murals were illustrated by Artist Linsey Levendall. His illustrations were based on photographs of the great men by Matthew Willman (Mandela) and Andrew Zuckerman (Tutu). Levendal drew some of Cape Town’s most iconic features into the pattern of Madiba’s shirt, including Bo Kaap, penguins at Boulders Beach, Table Mountain, and a minstrel at the Kaapse Klopse, and the King Protea. Archbishop Tutu’s shirt contained imagery that invoked the anti-apartheid Struggle as well as the core political values of non-racialism, freedom, togetherness, and peace.
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- Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla (Subject)
- Tutu, Desmond Mpilo (Subject)
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2230
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Description prepared by Myeka, Zandile on 2022-06-09