A Meeting of Minds - Louis Maqhubela and Douglas Portway

7 Louis Maqhubela  Abstract (Birds)  1971 oil on paper 51 by 73,2 cm johannesburg art gallery ‘The bird to me symbolises the soul personality that is by nature free and able to soar the skies at will, unperturbed by the artificial confines and divisions on terra firma that we build around ourselves and around each other, because of fear … whispering in each others ear “Swart gevaar!”’ The artist, quoted in Martin, Marilyn. A Vigil of Departure – Louis Khehla Maqhubela: A Retrospective 1960–2010. Johannesburg: Standard Bank Gallery, p. 14.