David with Sling

CCAC #: 0167
Artwork title: David with Sling
Artist(s): Leonard Matsoso
Year made: 1972
Artwork type: Paper
Medium: Lithograph; ink on paper
Framed dimensions (in mm): 795 x 605
Source: Unrecorded
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: On public display
Exhibitions:
Signage:

This work references the Biblical story of David and Goliath. The Black body is likened to David, who only bears a sling and stones against the giant. The work speaks to traumas caused by unjust confrontations: the African mind is steeped in myth and legend, while also confronted by modernity and battling to come to terms with it.



CCAC 431860

Photographer: Unrecorded
Photo copyright: Consult with CCT curatorial team

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