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Zambian
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Art
in Zambia
Paintings
by Francis Mwanza
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Pensive
Canvas
17
X 20 inches
$
26 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting portrays an African girl with her
hair plaited in style. I was trying to
work on figures and forms of the body colours
without using a brush, but using a palette
knife'
Francis
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On
The Street
Canvas
27
X 19 inches
$
37
'This
painting portrays road contractors. On this
one it reminds me of how best for the
contractors to keep the roads nice and clean;
Making drainage in all roads, and filling
potholes so that transport can pass without
problems. Even the city looks clean because if
our roads are bad, a poor country can't
develop'.
Francis
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Women
and Child
Canvas
10
X 20 inches
$
22 (excluding postage and
packaging)
'This
is a portrait of an African woman with her
baby. In Africa it is common for a woman to
wear a chitenge cloth around their waist and
beads around their neck, according to their
tribe and custom.
Francis
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Bathtime
Canvas
17
X 19 inches
$
26 (excluding postage and
packaging)
'This
painting portrays how mothers care for their
children, washing and feeding them until they
grow up. Our mothers play an important part in
our lives.'
Francis
Mwanza
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Shoe
Repairs
Canvas
23
X 20 inches
$
26 (excluding postage and
packaging)
'This
painting portrays how to use our initiative to
make a living out of shoes repairs. It is
common to find a shoe repairer seated under a
tree, his workshop on the road side so that
people who are passing by bring their shoes
for repair'
Francis
Mwanza
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My
Studio
Canvas
19
X 25 inches
US$
41 (excluding
postage and packaging)
'This
abstract portrays music in Africa with a
typical African instrument. A musician is a
messenger to tell us what we can't see and
what comes next, because you never know what
comes tomorrow '
Francis
Mwanza
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Leaving
To Look For Food
Canvas
22
X 19 inches
US$
26 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting portrays a shanty compound in Africa.
Children perform important work like washing
clothes while the mother is out looking for
food and other things needed in the home.
Francis
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Four
Ladies
Canvas
29
X 21 inches
US$
41 (excluding postage and
packaging)
'In
our culture we believe in initiation. This is
where you find women dancing the the
traditional style of dancing performed in
their culture. They even dress in traditional
chitenge materials. It is a fantastic,
exciting moment especially when it is a
wedding ceremony.'
Francis
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Social
Worker
Canvas
25
X 28 inches
US$
30 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting portrays how to use our initiative to
make a living out of shoes repairs. It is
common to find a shoe repairer seated under a
tree, his workshop on the road side so that
people who are passing by bring their shoes
for repair'
Francis
Mwanza
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Chipuku
Canvas
19
X 28 inches
US$
30 (excluding postage and
packaging)
'This
abstract portrays spirits in the African
culture. We believe in spirits and African
doctors. Whenever we face a problem, the first
thing we do it to see a witchdoctor so that he
can tell us what to do'
Francis
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Abstract
by
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
27
X 21 inches
US$
41 (excluding
postage and packaging)
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Drafts
Canvas
21
x 27 inches
US$
35 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting portrays life in the city, where you
find people at the Labour Office waiting for
employment. While waiting, they play drafts,
all the time expressing views to one another,
especially when it is lunch hour.'
Francis
Mwanza
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Planting
Canvas
21
x 26 inches
US$
35 (excluding postage and packaging)
'It
is common to see a wife helping her husband to
reduce labour instead of employing many
people. They employ one person who can do part
of the work that they cannot do or the kind
that the husband doesn't know how to do.'
Francis
Mwanza
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Going
Fishing
Canvas
23
x 19 inches
US$
26 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting portrays our fishing life in some
parts of Zambia where they depend on fish for
a living. Important things you must know are
how to swim; that's when you can learn how to
catch fish. To those who stay in these areas,
their lives cannot be compared to life in
town, because they are lacking a lot of things
which are found in town.'
Francis
Mwanza
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Winnowing
Canvas
20
x 15 inches
US$
22 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
abstract portrays women working together.'
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Co-operation
Canvas
32
x 29 inches
US$
41 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
abstract painting portrays co-operation
between tribes. In the mixture of colours and
continued form, the figures are without
separation.'
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Grandfather
Canvas
13
x 19 inches
US$
35 (excluding postage and packaging)
This
painting portrays part of childhood. The
Grandfather is teaching the child how to play
music.'
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Masau
Canvas
15
x 20 inches
US$
35 (excluding postage and packaging)
'In
rural areas, you will find schools are very
far, some miles away. Travelling is by foot
because transport is a problem. Then after
school on the way to the cillage, you will
feel hunger; you enjoy picking the bush fruits
until you reach home.'
Francis
Mwanza
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The
Market
Canvas
14
x 16 inches
US$
22 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting portrays Zambian women at the market.
These women are called marketeers, selling any
type of vegetables. These markets are made of
stalls and they are cheaper than some
vegetable shops in town. Marketeers are famous
in Zambia.'
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Mwanza
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Mother
And Child
by
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
26
x 19 inches
US$
41 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting portrays life in an urban area where
you find mothers are the ones responsible for
looking after children. This painting is
called pointillism and reminds me of my
cousin. It is always done use a small brush'
Francis
Mwanza
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Landscape
Canvas
13
x 13 inches
US$
22 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting is a landscape. The perspective is
constructed so as to see the shapes of trees
and hills without looking at the open area. We
always enjoys the beauty of our natural land
through the landscape'
Francis
Mwanza
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At
The Well
Canvas
18
x 11 inches
US$
22 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting portrays life in the rural area where
villagers don't have taps for water. It is
only wells which are dug and shared by all the
families. They come a long distance every day
to get water.'
Francis
Mwanza
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Wire
Car
Canvas
12
x 20 inches
US$
22 (excluding postage and packaging)
'On
this painting, a boy is making a wire car. It
is common in the urban compound to play with
wire cars because poor families can't afford
to buy toys from shops.'
Francis
Mwanza
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Children
Washing
Canvas
15
x 21 inches
US$
26 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting portrays our day to day life where
two girls are washing clothes for the family.
It is common to find a little girl washing
plates and clothes for the family. When a girl
reaches the age of seven she must know how to
wash plates and also sweeping around the
house'.
Francis
Mwanza
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At
The Table
Canvas
16
x 14 inches
US$
22 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting is inspired by the sugar daddys in
some night clubs where you find girls are
running to the old men for the sake of money.'
Francis
Mwanza
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Hairdressers
Canvas
13
x 20 inches
US$
22 (excluding postage and packaging)
'This
painting portrays our hair salons which we
call hair plaiting. Especially for girls, it
is a must to know how to do hair plaiting you
find your friends refuse to do your hair
unless if you say you are going to pay for the
labour'
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Mwanza
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Abstract
- Two Women
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
21
x 21 inches
US$
34.50 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Abstract
- Dancer
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
17
x 20 inches
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25.80 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Abstract
- Marketeers
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
23
x 19 inches
US$
34.50 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Waterfetchers
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
22
x 19 inches
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34.50 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Sitting
Woman
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
17
x 20 inches
US$
27.80 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Three
Women
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
22
x 19 inches
US$
34.50 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Charcoal
Sellers
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
19
x 23 inches
US$
34.50 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Pounding
Grain
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
18
x 21 inches
US$
35.00 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Drummers
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
23
x 19 inches
US$
37.00 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Malimba
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
21
x 21 inches
US$
35.00 (excluding postage and packaging)
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FM
39
Fundi
(Hunter)
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
12
x 16 inches
US$
22.00 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Father
And Child
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
16
x 17 inches
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22.00 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Women
Cooking
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
14
x 25 inches
US$
39.00 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Celebration
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
14
x 25 inches
US$
39.00 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Blindman
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
17
x 33 inches
US$
39.00 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Mad
Sad Stories
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
17
x 84 inches
US$
39.00 (excluding postage and packaging)
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Network
Road
By
Francis Mwanza
Canvas
34
x 22 inches
US$
49.00 (excluding postage and packaging)
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