Welcome Koboka
Welcome Mandla Koboka works in most of the media associated with drawing and painting. His subject matter is mostly drawn from the daily life in the ‘townships’, but in this watercolour of 1978 (plate 24) he resorts to a subject that has clear associations with the political struggle in South Africa. The prisoner is a spontaneous watercolour painting executed over an underlying drawing. The subject is presented in a simple and clear manner; the prison bars to the top left, and the chains attached to the figure’s left wrist leave us in no doubt as to what is represented. Read More…
