ZINTO MAPHUMULO
TRADITIONAL ART
In traditional art, we explore the theme of cultural preservation through a variety of topics, with portraiture often serving as a central focus, highlighting individuals as important pieces to much greater concepts, from religion to sexualisation in African culture
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Izandla Zikagogo
Izandla Zikagogo is the last of (The Elderly Seen) serieswhich emphersizes the wisdom and knowlage of the older generations. but this one is not a portrait, it shows hands holding a cane instead.
Mystical Horse
This is one of the (Blue Mystical Creatures) paintings, which resemble spirits. The artist was expanding on the Zulu culture of telling folk tales through animals. The series is about water spirits, as the sea is a vast place that Zulu culture believes houses numerous undiscovered creatures and spirits. Zinto imagines in the depths of the ocean, a blue horse with shiny red eyes.
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This painting is a continuation of the 5 (Blue Mystical Creatures) paintings. The Fox is a peaceful creature reimagined as an ocean creature.
Mystical Dear
This painting is a continuation of the 5 (Blue Mystical Creatures) paintings. The Dear is a peaceful creature reimagined as an ocean creature.
Mystical Zebra
This is one of the 5 (Blue Mystical Creatures) paintings. This one is a Zebra, a beloved South African animal reimagined as a mystical ocean spirit. The colores smoothly transition into one another, and make a beautiful pattern underneath the iconic black stripes of the Zebra.
Mystical Lion
The lion is the biggest and boldest out of the 5. The lion is the one out of the 5 that is a carnivour and the only member of the South African big 5. It roars and asserts dominance. This is the piller painting in this series.