untitled, ca. 1965
untitled, 1990,
oil on canvas, 80 x 59.5 cmuntitled, undated
ink on paper, 49 x 32 cmuntitled, undated
ink and oil pastel on paper, 50 x 64.5 cmuntitled, 1993,
ink and oil pastel on paper, 30 x 42 cmuntitled (V.7), 1993,
ink and oil pastel on paper, 32 x 50 cmuntitled, undated
ink on paper, 29 x 42 cmInstallation view, E W S - Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba, Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, 2011 (photo: Jan Søndergaard)
Installation view, E W S - Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba, Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, 2011 (photo: Jan Søndergaard)
About
Ernest Mancoba was born and raised a black man under the South African apartheid system. In 1938 he moved to Paris to be able to study and, as he later wrote in a text for the Danish artist Ejler Bille's 90th birthday, to work, and especially think, freely as an artist. In Paris, Mancoba met with the Danish artists' colony and soon joined the CoBrA circle. In 1942, he married the Danish artist, Sonja Ferlov Mancoba. They both showed at Høstudstillingen in Copenhagen in 1948 and 1949. Ernest Mancoba's work represents a unique synthesis of modern European art and African spirit. His goal was to bring to European art his deep understanding of African culture, represented by the frequently appearing totems in his drawings and paintings that reflect the ubuntu philosophy he so often referred to: A human is a human by and for other people. After the end of apartheid, Mancoba was honoured with large retrospectives at the National Gallery in Cape Town and the Museum of Modern Art in Johannesburg.
For enquiries regarding available works by the artist, please contact cph@mikaelandersen.com
- CV
- 1904 in Johannesburg, South Africa – 2002 in Paris, France
- Education:
- 1938-1941: École Nationale Superieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris
- Exhibitions in the gallery:
- EWS, 18.12, 2018 - 16.01, 2019
- Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- GMA XXX AAR (group show), 13.06 - 17.08, 2019
- Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- Accrochage (group show), 24.08 - 90.09, 2017
- Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- Sculptures and Works on Paper (group show), 20.06 - 12.07, 2014
- Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
- EWS, 12.11 - 17.12, 2011
- Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Ernest Mancoba & Wonga Mancoba, 11.06 - 03.07, 2010
- Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
- Something About Drawing (group show), 24.03 - 22.04, 2000
- Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- The Millennium Show (group show), 04.08, 1999 - 08.01, 2000
- Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen