ANDRÉ PUBLIC SCULPTURES
Projects
The purpose of this site is to showcase the collaboration between two sculptors & the process they followed to achieve their objective. It can be likened with the giving birth - from conception to final installation. But ultimately a sense of pride and joy and also of humility for being part of a team of people that contributed to this wonderfull monument of an amazing man...
9m Mandela Sculpture - Union Buildings - Pretoria 2013
Thebrief from the client was straight forward - we had to create a 9m statue of former President Nelson Mandela that our nation could be proud of.
One that depicted him not only as a struggle hero, but also as the iconic figure of peace & reconcilliation that the whole world identified with.
Despite the brief's simplicity, the excecution there-of was not always easy. Fortunately we had some invaluable input from friend and foe. But ultimately it was the life story of Madiba himself that inspired the sculptors the most. The lesson that greatness was in forgiving and love...
Denis Hurley & Bheki Dube Life Size Bronze Sculpture
Of all the parishes in the Durban Archdiocese, the furthest from Durban is Bergville, far away in the beautiful foothills of the Drakensberg. And the most remote of Bergville’s 21 outstations is known as “Thintwa” (meaning “touch”). One day, when Archbishop Hurley visited this poor outstation and its tiny church, he noticed a little boy tugging at his cassock. He tried to talk to the child, but the boy just looked up at him and smiled. He said nothing, just kept on smiling. Eventually the archbishop realised that the boy – Bhekeni Henry Dube...
Griffiths Menge - Life Size Bronze Sculpture
Griffiths Mxenge was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Trained as a lawyer, he was assassinated by the apartheid secret police in 1981. He was a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was sent to Robben Island in 1966 because of his political activities. He was murdered by the Apartheid government agents led by Dirk Coetzee in Umlazi township south of Durban. He had multiple stab wounds and his body was found near the soccer field in Umlazi.He was married to Victoria Mxenge, who was later also assassinated...
Victoria Mxenge - Life Size Bronze Sculpture
She became more politically active after her husband Griffiths, who had been banned earlier and detained by the National Party government, was murdered by Apartheid government agents led by Dirk Coetzee in Umlazi township south of Durban..
A prominent member of the United Democratic Front and the Natal Organisation of Women, she was part of the defence team for the UDF and Natal Indian Congress during the Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial. She was also assassinated shortly before the trial...
Chief Langalibalele - Life Size Bronze Sculpture
He was born on the eve of the arrival of European settlers in the province. After conflict with the Zulu king Mpande, he fled with his people to the Colony of Natal in 1848. During the diamond rush of the 1870s, many of his young men worked on the mines in Kimberley where they acquired guns.In 1873 the colonial authorities of Natal demanded that the guns be registered, Langalibalele refused and a stand-off ensued, resulting in a violent skirmish in which European troopers were killed. Langalibalele fled across the mountains into Basutoland, but was captured, tried and banished to Robben Island...
Dr Abdullah Abdurahman and Cissie Gool - Life Size Bronze Sculpture
Dr Abdulah Abdurahman and Cissie Gool Bronze and Patina (20).JPGDr Abdulah Abdurahman and Cissie Gool Bronze and Patina (29).JPGDr Abdulah Abdurahman and Cissie Gool Bronze and Patina (38).JPGDr Abdulah Abdurahman and Cissie Gool Bronze and Patina (31).JPGDr Abdulah Abdurahman and Cissie Gool Bronze and Patina (5).jpgDr Abdulah Abdurahman and Cissie Gool Bronze and Patina (6).jpgThe sculpture depicts the father & daughter, although vastly diffirent in character, united in their fight for justice for their people. Dr Abdruhman was an educator & skilled politician - Cissie Gool was an activist & politician.Client: National Heritage Foundation - Mr Dali Tambo...