LUCAS SITHOLE
LS8716
"Tornado's daughter", 1987 - Wild olive wood on tambotie base covered in copper oxide patina - 126x027x020 cm
Provenance:
Gallery 21, Johannesburg
Work exhibited:
Gallery 21, Johannesburg - 1987 cat. X16; 1992 cat. X08
Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, UOFS, Bloemfontein - 1988 cat. 17
S.A. Association of Arts, Pretoria - 1989 cat. X07
Kunstsammlung Kulturstiftung, Unterseen / Interlaken, Switzerland (Memorial Exhibition) - 1995 cat. 14
Artimex Fine Arts, Basel - 1997/98
Artist's legend:
"She is surprised - why do people, tress, water and everything else run away from her? When she was in the water unseen, she saw people jumping around happily, young women dancing, everyone in a happy mood. But when she came out of the water to try to share their happiness and laughter, they started running away; trees fell, some were uprooted, there were cries all over, and some people even died. And when she looked up, she saw some of the people's houses and roofs flying; they were coming to her as if they were appealing to her or saying: save us!"
"That is why she has a smiling face, because she was saying "why do all people run away from me, I only mean good and I don't want to harm anybody".
Note:
The green base resembles the water of the lake or dam. The hands are down as with the very long arms people might be frightened and run away, thinking - if she stretched them out or up - they were snakes or other evil spirits.