Sarebbe davvero scontato poter dire qualcosa su Nelson Mandela, allora abbiamo deciso di ricordarlo semplicemente mostrando la copertina del New Yorker della settimana prossima a lui dedicata, che lo celebra attraverso le parole e il ritratto fattogli da un giovane artista africano, Kadir Nelson:
“From looking at the photos of the time, I could see that the energy around him was very strong and that his peers were very much with and behind him, he was clearly a leader. I wanted to make a simple and bold statement about Mandela and his life as a freedom fighter. The raised fist and the simple, stark palette reminded me of posters and anti-apartheid imagery of the nineteen-eighties. This painting is a tribute to the struggle for freedom from all forms of discrimination, and Nelson’s very prominent role as a leader in the anti-apartheid movement.” (dal sito on line di The New Yorker, 5 dicembre 2013).
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