MAURUS MICHAEL MALIKITA (TANZANIAN B.1967)
UNTITLED signed MALIKITA lower right oil and pen on canvas 60 x 60cm; 23 1/2 x 23 1/2in (unframed) Property from a Private Collection, London Provenance Acquired from the artist by the present owner Born in Nachingwea, where he trained and worked initially as a carpenter, Malikita has been a member of the the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative at Morogoro Stores in Dar es Salaam since 1988. Although surrounded by the other artists of the Cooperative who paint in a more conventional Tingatinga style, Malikita has been able to carve out his own niche by developing an original personal 'cartoon' style, as seen in the present work, where he depicts a ritualistic scene. With his humorous paintings, Malikita's other favourite themes are chaotic cities, and the hectic operations at public hospitals (such as at the public Muhimbili Hospital in Dar es Salaam) or the expulsion of street vendors by the town municipality.UNTITLED signed MALIKITA lower right oil and pen on canvas 60 x 60cm; 23 1/2 x 23 1/2in (unframed) Property from a Private Collection, London Provenance Acquired from the artist by the present owner Born in Nachingwea, where he trained and worked initially as a carpenter, Malikita has been a member of the the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative at Morogoro Stores in Dar es Salaam since 1988. Although surrounded by the other artists of the Cooperative who paint in a more conventional Tingatinga style, Malikita has been able to carve out his own niche by developing an original personal 'cartoon' style, as seen in the present work, where he depicts a ritualistic scene. With his humorous paintings, Malikita's other favourite themes are chaotic cities, and the hectic operations at public hospitals (such as at the public Muhimbili Hospital in Dar es Salaam) or the expulsion of street vendors by the town municipality.
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UNTITLED signed MALIKITA lower right oil and pen on canvas 60 x 60cm; 23 1/2 x 23 1/2in (unframed) Property from a Private Collection, London Provenance Acquired from the artist by the present owner Born in Nachingwea, where he trained and worked initially as a carpenter, Malikita has been a member of the the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative at Morogoro Stores in Dar es Salaam since 1988. Although surrounded by the other artists of the Cooperative who paint in a more conventional Tingatinga style, Malikita has been able to carve out his own niche by developing an original personal 'cartoon' style, as seen in the present work, where he depicts a ritualistic scene. With his humorous paintings, Malikita's other favourite themes are chaotic cities, and the hectic operations at public hospitals (such as at the public Muhimbili Hospital in Dar es Salaam) or the expulsion of street vendors by the town municipality.UNTITLED signed MALIKITA lower right oil and pen on canvas 60 x 60cm; 23 1/2 x 23 1/2in (unframed) Property from a Private Collection, London Provenance Acquired from the artist by the present owner Born in Nachingwea, where he trained and worked initially as a carpenter, Malikita has been a member of the the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative at Morogoro Stores in Dar es Salaam since 1988. Although surrounded by the other artists of the Cooperative who paint in a more conventional Tingatinga style, Malikita has been able to carve out his own niche by developing an original personal 'cartoon' style, as seen in the present work, where he depicts a ritualistic scene. With his humorous paintings, Malikita's other favourite themes are chaotic cities, and the hectic operations at public hospitals (such as at the public Muhimbili Hospital in Dar es Salaam) or the expulsion of street vendors by the town municipality.
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