Table of Contents

Laying the foundation; a new world; Dumile's influences; the world of art; bridging art and life; additional works.

About the Author

Prince Mbusi Dube is an art collections and exhibitions officer with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa. He graduated with a B.A. in Fine Art at the University of Durban - Westville in 1985 and was mentored and skilled by Dr Ronald Dorris to research and write about South African Art and artists. In 1999 he completed a professional placement in the field of Arts Management at Indiana University in the USA. He attended the South African National Cultural Heritage Programme Workshop at Michigan State University, USA, in 2000. In 2003 he was selected as a national curator for the South African representation in the 25th Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil. Dube has published articles in the Sparks of Resistance, Flames of Change: Black Communities and Activism (2005); Fault Lines exhibition catalogue (Venice Biennale, 2003) and Network 2000: In the Spirit of Harlem Renaissance Volume 11 (2003). He also curated the Dumile Feni Retrospective exhibition in 2005 and edited its accompanying catalogue. He lives in Johannesburg with his wife and one daughter. This is his first book.