George Lilanga

George Lilanga (* 1934, † 2005) from the tribe of Makonde lived in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and was for many years the most prominent representatives of contemporary African art.

His works were most recently represented on all major international exhibitions of contemporary African (eg Africa Remix in Dusseldorf, Paris, London and Tokyo ). Lilanga it is possible to find your own distinctive style. On the occasion of his death, the Hamburg Mawingu Collection has (HMC ) presented in a work directory for the first time a systematically consistent and thematically organized overview of the complex life of the artist. The book also provides a variety of insights into the traditional roots of East African Makonde art as well as art in four decades of development Lilanga 's and shows his work with various materials and techniques from sculpture to paintings to etchings.

The Hamburg Mawingu Collection is one of the world's leading collections of modern East African Makonde carving. In addition to numerous masterpieces of famous Makonde wood sculptors HMC forms: George Lilanga Collection an essential part of the collection.