James Malinga – Port Elizabeth Artist

On a trip to South Africa we saw an amazing canvas piece on display in a local shop & were intrigued by the dimension it had to it. The colours used were also a lot brighter, more optimistic, than other pieces we’d seen & we asked for more information about the artist.

The owner of the shop told us “James? James Malinga. He’s sold one of his pieces to a man in France you know?”

We wanted to know about James and decided to track him down ourselves. We wondered around a market trying to find him and when we did we promptly bought two paintings which we now have framed and displayed at home. We got to chatting with James, who was born in Johannesburg and has been living in Central, Port Elizabeth for the past 14 years. He has displayed his works at the Grahamstown Festival and in local galleries around Port Elizabeth. This softly spoken artist is a true gem amongst men and is very modest about his talents having had no formal art training but “began drawing when I was five. In 1996 I started doing “real art”, I initially started with painting and later moved on to sculpture”.

James invited us to his studio to see some more of his work and we started talking about importing his work to the UK. His paintings are predominantly township scenes, although he also has some landscapes, including one of the Donkin Reserve. He also creates small sculptures, which are made of pine wood and coated with acrylic paint and are of people seen in township areas. Many of them are women carrying parcels on their heads, but he also has sculptures of men pushing wheelbarrows and lawn mowers, as well as sportsmen, particularly boxers.

His artwork is painted on unpretentious board and James uses various techniques to add dimension to his work, like bits of corrugated cardboard.

James’s level of creativity is of a very high standard. We approached him with one goal, to expose him to a wider, global market, which will ensure that his self taught talent as an artist is recognized.

Should you wish to commission any work, kindly contact Ryan or Sharon at info@urban-africa.co.uk.

If you want to find James in Port Elizabeth, South Africa – he can be found at the flea market near King’ s Beach on most Sundays.

Some of James’ work:

Urban Africa Art

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Deepdale Backpackers & Camping and Deepdale Farm are holding their annual North Norfolk Coast Earth Day on Thursday 22^nd April.  They are looking for artists or school groups who would like to get creative with scrap and recyclable materials to take part in a Scrap Heap Art Challenge.

The Scrap Heap Art Challenge will take place throughout the day.  Artists will be welcome to use any of the recyclable or scrap items available on the Deepdale site to create sculptures or art pieces that will then be displayed around the hostels and campsite.

Artists will have from 9am to 3.30pm to create their artwork, when they will be judged and prizes awarded.

The Scrap Heap Art Challenge will be judged by a small panel of judges, who will be looking for creativity, unusual use of recyclable materials and even audience participation.  “As a judge I’ll be looking for an artwork which makes me stop and think”, said Andrea, one of the judging panel.

Artists will be promoted on the Deepdale website (www.deepdalefarm.co.uk) and the winning artist or school team will win a stay in a tipi and be invited to be a judge at next years Scrap Heap Art Challenge.

Interested artists should contact Andrea Bramhall at Deepdale, Tel: 01485 210256 or Email: andrea@deepdalebackpackers.co.uk

For more information on the North Norfolk Coast Earth Day please visit www.deepdalefarm.co.uk/earthday

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Interested artists should contact Andrea Bramhall at Deepdale, Tel: 01485 210256 or Email: andrea@deepdalebackpackers.co.uk

For more information on this press release or the North Norfolk Coast Earth Day please contact:

Jason Borthwick

Tel: 07776 254019

Email: jason@deepdalefarm.co.uk

www.deepdalefarm.co.uk/earthday

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