Michael Meyersfeld (South Africa 1940-), Drummer Boy (from the Dark City Dreams series) ,2014
Stima (bassa/alta) :
Note : “Over lunch Poet Laureate Mongane Serote was discussing his childhood in Alex, describing his deprivations and hardships. I asked him whether there wasn’t also a brighter and carefree side to Alex at that time. With his inimitable chuckle he answered, ‘Of course, there is always some lightness even when things seem dark’. I countered, ‘I would like to do an exhibition of today’s Alex showing the celebratory side of this community’. ‘Wonderful,’ he said, ‘and I will write the poems’. This was the birth of Dark City Dreams, a title given by Mongane to express his childhood experience living in a community without services or electricity. Two years were spent walking the streets of Alexandra township with my friend and assistant, Benson Mokamo.”
Dark City Dreams has been exhibited at the South African Jewish Museum (Cape Town, 2014), Toto Gallery (Johannesburg, 2014), Phutaditjaba Community Centre (Alexandra, Johannesburg, 2014), and the Pretoria Art Museum (2015).
Drummer Boy
The largest drum drums
to pump the heart
and the little ones know this
and so
they sing
— Mongane Wally Serote
Condition_report : The overall condition is excellent.
