In the "Contemporary Plastic Arts" category, a young Zairian from Lubumbashi: Gabriel Kalumba, brass drummer exhibited his monumental brass instruments and won a grand prize.
Kalumba, born in 1940 is the grandson of a traditional sculptor, his father was an ivory worker.
After his humanities, he studied Fine Arts in Lubumbashi then brassware in Maredsous - Maredret, in Belgium before introducing the technique to Zaire (current Dem. Rep. of Congo)
Both are signed, one is dated 1981.
1.93M x 0.79M
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G. KALUMBA - MONUMENTAL PLATES - DINANDERIE.
In 1966, the event in the field of art was the first
"World Festival of Black Arts" organized in Dakar (Senegal)
At the initiative of the Poet - President Léopold Sédar Senghor.
Aimé Césaire, Jean Price-Mars, Duke Ellington, Joséphine Baker, Langston Hughes, Aminata Fall, André Malraux and many more. All the arts were represented: plastic arts, literature, music, dance, cinema, etc.
In the category "Contemporary Plastic Arts", a young Zairian from Lubumbashi: Gabriel Kalumba, a dinandier who exhibited his monumental brass and won a grand prize
Kalumba, born in 1940 is the grandson of a traditional sculptor, his father was also a sculptor, but on ivory.
After secondary school, he studied Fine Arts in Lubumbashi and then went to learn the copperware in Maredsous - Maredret, in Belgium before to come back and introducing the technique in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo)
Both are signed, one is dated 1981.
1.93M x 0.79M
