George Pemba: In the mood
Pemba, George (1912 - 2001)
In the Mood - 1961
Oil on canvas board
30 x 40 cm
Signed and dated middle left
On loan
This is a rare painting, named after one of the artist’s favourite pieces of music. It shows a brief flirtation on his part with the notion of abstraction, of painting the approximation of the condition of sound. Interestingly, Pemba’s signature is mounted on top of a high-rise building as if it was a neon sign and is an integral part of the painting itself.
Sarah Hudleston, George Pemba Against all odds, Johannesburg, 1996, p 118
ILLUSTRATED
Sarah Hudleston, George Pemba Against all odds, Johannesburg, 1996, p 118
Michael Stevenson and Joost Bosland, ‘Take your road and travel along’
The advent of the modern black painter in Africa, Cape Town, 2008, p 87