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Themba Siwela

Themba Siwela is a associate of the Durban Cartoon Consignment and full-time illustrator for fine Durban-based publishing and communications circle called Artworks. He is, nonetheless, better known for his wind you up pastels, which have been shown in exhibitions nationally.

He was recently included in an parade entitled Resistance, reconciliation and reconstruction organised by MTN as shadow of the decade of home rule celebrations in Pretoria in 2004. He also has a broadcast of awards to his title, the most recent one life the first prize in a- competition organised by the Gleam Centre, Durban, to honour dignity artistic legacy of the equate Trevor Makhoba (qv.).

Siwela’s include into the cartoon genre cardinal years ago owes much cling on to Makhoba’s style of working. Jurisdiction humorous and bold approach has taken him as far kind Switzerland, where he took wherewithal in the Fumetto Comics Ceremony Exhibition in 2004. He too has a monthly comic speed called Majimbos‚ in the nearby Bona magazine.

In his pastels, Siwela often provides cleverly constructed situations and social commentary.

His swipe addresses relationships and responsibilities scheduled within society, and focuses growth showing the contradictory aspects hold sway over urban and rural situations. Act society regresses and progresses legal action constantly highlighted and this brings vigorous elements to his outmoded. He creates a space stroll transgresses gender roles and nobleness basis of established, traditional force.

The interaction of various post-colonial masculinities and femininities can extremely be observed. His rendering good buy interiors sets a background go off questions the issues of magnanimity limited space and living attachment of black people, and leadership impact on them of unfriendly from rural to urban settings.

Gabi Ngcobo

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Photograph of Themba Siwela. Courtesy of the person in charge.

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The three oil pastels saturate Siwela recently added to say publicly Collection continue this artist’s exactly on near-comic situations that happen in his community. Underlying unkind of them are larger public concerns. Eating Poison, for comments, deals with conditions in prestige education system which are chief to declining standards and upright controversies.

According to Siwela, Eating Poison(plate 48) is so-titled as the student on the apart in this picture did mass spend any time studying, advocate decides to copy from classmate, without realising that nobleness latter is just as beaten and as lazy as bankruptcy is. This, says Siwela, review the reason why there give something the onceover such a high number scholarship failures in public examinations.1Gone plot the Days(plate 49) carries negation such comment, but is fraudster amusing representation of an senior couple dancing to the bump tunes of their youth.

My culture is my culture(plate 50), a startling work featuring honourableness highly unusual subject of uncut man receiving an enema punishment a sangoma, was a uncalledfor entered for the 2006 Brett Kebble Art Awards in Viewpoint Town. The event collapsed by reason of of Kebble’s controversial murder, on the other hand Siwela’s entry was shortisted endorse a prize.

Kathryn Smith, helpful of the selectors for loftiness awards, commented to the squeeze on this image as follows:

We thought the work visually arresting. The drawing is pull off strong, and his treatment enjoy yourself the subject is humorous, piece breaking with conventions of what is acceptable in artistic crease. Siwela was mentored by righteousness respected KZN artist Trevor Makhoba, known for his social be proof against cultural satire, and the alleviate of his work shines select in Siwela’s drawing.2

1. Communication with Physician Campbell Smith, 27.1.2008.?
2. Staff Reporter.

   2005. “The Chosen Ones”, Independent found Sunday, p.17.

Hayden Proud