Welcome Danca
Welcome Danca is another young KwaZulu-Natal artist who has emerged from what may be termed the ‘school’ of the late Trevor Makhoba (qv.). He worked and studied under Makhoba for four years. Danca would have come to wider national attention a few years ago, but for the demise of the Brett Kebble Art Awards for 2006. One of his paintings, Ikhiwane elihle ligcwala izibungu (plate 54), a lurid and frightening image of a female prostitute, was selected as a finalist for a prize just before the awards collapsed. Interviewed before this, Danca had the following to say about the meaning of his painting: ‘She looks gorgeous, but inside is full of dirtiness. These women [a reference to the figures on the right] are mourning for their husbands and children who die of AIDS’. Read More…
