Posts Tagged ‘[A] Claude Boucher’
Claude Boucher, Joseph Kadzombe & Patricio Tambala Mponyani – Lozenge 02
Malawi – Dedza District – Mua Parish … And the second emphasizes the dignity of work, both in the family and in the community. KAP.B(i).01.01.01.23 Artist: Claude Boucher, Patricio Tambala Mponyani & Joseph Kadzombe Title: Lozenge 02 Date: 1989 Themes: Architecture, Church Decoration, Community, Family, Work Source: Vidi
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Malawi – Dedza District – Mua Parish This is one of two lozenges, wrought from banana leaves, which are placed either side of the West Door. They serve to prepare the congregation for life in the world on leaving the church. The first emphasizes the family and works of charity… KAP.B(i).01.01.01.04 Artist: Claude…
Read MoreClaude Boucher & Patricio Tambala Mponyani – Men’s Work
Malawi – Dedza District – Mua Parish These wall paintings are applied to the side of the church where the men sit and evoke their world. They are the companions to the pieces that depict ‘Women’s Work’ on the South Side. Illustrations are, respectively, of carving, the sewing of mats, forestry, drums (and art),…
Read MoreClaude Boucher & Patricio Tambana Mponyani – Tabernacle Stand
Malawi – Dedza District – Mua Parish The tabernacle base is made of wood recycled from the beams of the old church. The original was the idea of Joseph Kuppens and Georg Messer, and executed (like the tabernacle) by Arkadio Siwinda, but the decoration is Claude Boucher’s. The tsekere grass adorned the pre-existing altar.…
Read MoreClaude Boucher & Patricio Tambala Mponyani – Creatures of the Lake & under the Land
Malawi – Dedza District – Mua Parish The East wall of the church is adorned with a broad wall painting in three distinct bands, which depict Creation as it inhabits air, land and lake (and under the land). Here we see numerous lake fish, together with a newt and a crab, the amphibious frog…
Read MoreClaude Boucher & Patricio Tambala Mponyani – Creatures of the Land
Malawi – Dedza District – Mua Parish The East wall of the church is adorned with a broad wall painting in three distinct bands, which depict Creation as it inhabits air, land and lake. Here we see, betwixt two flowers, a snail, a hare, a woman with mortar and a man with axe and…
Read MoreClaude Boucher & Patricio Tambala Mponyani – Creatures of the Air
Malawi – Dedza District – Mua Parish The East wall of the church is adorned with a broad wall painting in three distinct bands, which depict Creation as it inhabits air, land and lake. Here we see, fluttering into the heights of the church, a hoopoe, a blue pigeon, a whistling duck, butterflies, an…
Read MoreClaude Boucher & Patricio Tambala Mponyani – St. John the Baptist
Malawi – Zomba Diocese – Lisanjala Parish – Mambo Outstation In the late 1960’s and throughout the 1970’s Claude Boucher applied himself to the completion of wall paintings for humble outstations in remote parishes, where he gave Malawian identity to Gospel scenes more familiar under other dress. His collaborator in this work was Patricio…
Read MoreClaude Boucher & Patricio Tambala Mponyani – Women’s Work
Malawi – Dedza Diocese – Mua Parish – Parish Church These wall paintings are applied to the side of the church where the women sit and evoke their world. This has a double effect: even though in the presence of God, the congregation does not feel too far removed from its usual setting, and…
Read MoreMwadza Maleka – Nativity
Malawi – Dedza Diocese – Mua Parish – Parish Church We will enter the church tomorrow… However, as today is the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, we will celebrate by introducing the first of many Kungoni Nativities. This is an early attempt, which was made for the parish by Mwadza Maleka and…
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