NEWS AND EVENTS
Meet John Kilaka in Germany on 5 December at story-telling programThe fabulous world of John Kilaka - Munich, Germany, 5th December, 2010
Website: www.ijb.de The painter, illustrator and author John Kilaka from Tanzania collects stories. He travels round the countryside on foot or by bicycle and writes down the tales the villagers tell him. They are traditional African animal fables, which deal with friendship, conflict and reconciliation and the solidarity of the community. John Kilaka illustrates the stories with powerful, vibrant pictures in the Tanzanian Tingatinga style. |
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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (TM)My artwork was included in the 2010 Fine Art Collection. The original painting has been reproduced in 210 limited edition fine art prints, signed by me and offered for acquisition to discerning collectors and football fans from around the world. These limited edition prints are Official Licensed Products of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (TM) (www.FIFA.com) and you can order them at www.2010fineart.com |
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Meet John Kilaka at the Book Fair in Sweden between 23 and 26 SeptemberAfrica is in focus at Göteborg Book Fair 2010! Göteborg, SwedenThe Book Fair is a four day long literary festival. The many stages and over 800 exhibitors' stands host meetings between writers, Nobel Prize winners, publishers and booklovers who explore the power of the written word together. Come and join us! Africa is in focus at Göteborg Book Fair 2010!The 26th Book Fair takes place between 23-26 September at the Swedish Exhibition Centre in Göteborg. Together with writers, publishers, media, organizations and companies from Scandinavia and Africa, we look forward to present the richness of African literature to the public in Scandinavia. Africa will be present in the exhibition and seminar programme at Göteborg Book Fair, as well as at art, dance, theatre and music events throughout the whole city. You can follow the preparations for Göteborg Book Fair 2010 at www.goteborg-bookfair.com and http://www.afrika2010.se/english ProgrammeWe have now finished our work with this year's seminar programme and are proud to present 446 different seminar programs with 800 participants from more than 44 countries. The english version will be ready in June, but you can order it already now |
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Meet John Kilaka in at Tinga Tinga art workshop Denmark between 11 and 20 AugustTingatinga: Kitsch or Quality - Copenhagen, Denmark/ 3 JULY - 23 AUGUSTKøbmagergade 52A, 1150 Copenhagen, Denmark, Open daily 8am - 8pm, Opening Friday 2nd July 4.30 - 7pm Bicycle enamel on hard board and canvas Can Art Be Mass Produced? Tingatinga: Kitsch or Quality presents an African art style, but also challenges the prevalent view of what constitutes quality art. What is the borderline between mass production and originality, between skill, craft and art? Today’s Tingatinga artists break all western norms on the uniqueness of a work of art. Tingatinga paintings are mass produced, copied and further developed, they provide a livelihood for hundreds of painters, and still artistic excellence prevails, questioning our perception and understanding of originality and art. Wild Animals And Big City Life The Round Tower exhibition shows the development from the early beginnings till today, where the third generation of Tingatinga painters carry forward the Tingatinga style with new, cheeky, colourful and witty motifs and detailed compositions. Tingatinga himself only painted extremely simple motives, often a lone animal on a monochrome background. In contrast today’s canvases are filled by an explosion of animals and birds. New motives have been added, ranging from village tales to city life, African fables, tropical fish, and wild life at the foot of snow clad Mount Kilimanjaro. The paints used are still high gloss enamel paints, giving the paintings their characteristic brilliant surface and the colourful, stylized, graphic expression so typical of the Tingatinga style. |
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