Mussiro Women, Ilha do Ibo II

Cassi Namoda

Mussiro Women, Ilha do Ibo II, 2020106.68 x 81.28cmPrice on Request
Details
Material
acrylic, natural sand, resin sand, ceramic stucco, and opaque flakes on canvas
Description
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This vibrant painting depicts a group of people wading in shallow water against a warm, sunset-colored backdrop. The artist has used bold, expressive brushstrokes and a palette of vivid oranges, pinks, and greens to create a sense of movement and energy. The simplified, almost abstracted figures evoke a sense of community and connection, hinting at the artist's intention to capture the shared human experience of recreation and leisure. This work exemplifies the artist's distinctive approach to figurative painting, blending modernist tendencies with a celebration of everyday life. ...

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Cassi Namoda
Artist
Cassi Namoda
B.1988, Mozambican

Cassi Namoda works primarily with painting, yet her works on canvas are informed by archival materials, the aesthetics of specific environments and cinematic tropes. All of these sources come into play within her practice, as she tenderly traces experiences of dislocation that Africans living in post-colonial nations experience today. More specifically, Namoda draws on her own childhood in Mozambique and the cultural intricacies and contradictions that arise within this country’s Luso-African heritage. The paintings themselves work through a series of contrasts. The figures are composed in concrete colour, whilst Namoda’s backgrounds occupy a more diluted, abstracted space. Washes of soft lilac and peach gestural marks sit in conversation with these vivid, animated figures, affording the works a magical realist tone. Some of the narratives spun in Namoda’s works are drawn from Swahili folklore, whilst other scenes echo films or personal memories, so this tension between reality and fiction remains muddled. Aesthetically, Namoda cites Leon Golub, Georges Seurat, Henri Matisse and George Grosz as key sources of painterly inspiration. Yet conceptually, her works orbit the critical thinking of practitioners such as James Baldwin, Bob Thompson, Beauford Delaney and Haile Gerima whose oeuvre directly engages with the intimate experiences of Black people. ...

Cassi Namoda: Artworks
Disembodied boy with balloons disembarks from Catumbela
Cassi NamodaDisembodied boy with balloons disembarks from Catumbela, 2021Price on Request
We were born twins in Maputo, Mozambique October 22nd 1988 to Ivette Maria da Conceição, an ode
Cassi NamodaWe were born twins in Maputo, Mozambique October 22nd 1988 to Ivette Maria da Conceição, an ode, 2021Price on Request
Dance of Life II
Cassi NamodaDance of Life II, 2021Price on Request
A Mussiro woman's gaze beguiles a passerby
Cassi NamodaA Mussiro woman's gaze beguiles a passerby, 2021Price on Request
A Holy Spirit of conviction
Cassi NamodaA Holy Spirit of conviction, 2021Price on Request
Hackneyed limbs at communal rest somewhere in Baixa
Cassi NamodaHackneyed limbs at communal rest somewhere in Baixa, 2021Price on Request
Mussiro Women, Ilha do Ibo II
Cassi NamodaMussiro Women, Ilha do Ibo II, 2020Price on Request
Maria Returns to Nativity, Tchaubo Land
Cassi NamodaMaria Returns to Nativity, Tchaubo Land, 2020Price on Request
Boxing Sisters Visit Venus
Cassi NamodaBoxing Sisters Visit Venus, 2020Price on Request
Orange Moon Gives Birth
Cassi NamodaOrange Moon Gives Birth, 2020Price on Request
Sleepwalking Land
Cassi NamodaSleepwalking Land, 2021Price on Request
We delight in earthly offerings, a good rain shower has arrived in Quelimane today
Cassi NamodaWe delight in earthly offerings, a good rain shower has arrived in Quelimane today, 2021Price on Request
A young family departs Pemba, in search of safety and compassion
Cassi NamodaA young family departs Pemba, in search of safety and compassion, 2020Price on Request