George Lilanga - Usikasirike Nakutania

The type of subject and the mode of representation can be compared to
Naif movement. The Naif artist is by definition a self-taught person, a person who
He didn't attend academies but found inspiration within himself.
a stylistic plan this translates into a figurative painting that gives
a simplified interpretation of reality, with infantile and
unconsciously primitivists. However, even the naive artist, in his
spontaneity, has its own awareness that leads it to elaborate a
well-defined aesthetic language, differentiating it from amateurism.

The style of the artist George Lilanga can be defined as naive especially for the
fact that cannot be classified in any stylistic current. Its
version of reality, simplified and imaginatively modified, plays with
the images, creating a fun and creative composition. To this end
The artist takes all the necessary liberties. He deforms the subjects by stretching them,
overturns the concept of space, plays with the rules by compressing the
composition. The stereotypical image then becomes a fundamental element
within the economy of the composition in an inspiration that finds,
of course, its roots in African tribal culture.

George Lilanga (Kikwetu, 1934 – Dar es Salaam, 2005). Trained at
Tingatinga painting school in Dar es Salaam, is also known at international level
international for his peculiar pictorial style, characterized by figures with
bright colors and sharp contours, highly dynamic, and caricatural. Numerous
there were exhibitions of his works in many countries and he was recognized
as one of Africa's greatest artists, probably the greatest artist
contemporary African. In these years his works take on dimensions
ever greater. Always in this period it began again after many years to
to dedicate himself intensely to sculpture, creating many works in
softwood (usually mninga or mkongo) brightly colored with enamels
in oil.

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