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Kevelaer
Lkr. Kleve
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Kapellenplatz 11
(Forum Pax Christi)

Maria mit Kind

Saint Mary with Child

The mother of Jesus Christ
(Wikipedia)

Washington Msonza
2009?

Description

Shona style statue of St. Mary with Child.

The figure of Mary made of opal bears African features and portrays Mary in a majestic, but emphatically maternal attitude. The child seems to enjoy the security in the mother's cloak. Without naive romanticism, this representation of Mary expresses an aspect of Mary's reality that is otherwise not depicted in art: Mary is mother with maternal warmth. (translation of Zekorn, p. 49-50).

Sculptor

Washington Msonza (Domboshava, Zimbabwe 1966), Zimbabwean sculptor from Makumbe (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Google sites, Zimbabwe Nativity Sculptures.
Detlefs Notizblog, Kevelaer.
RP On-line, 16 April 2009, Ein Tag für Afrika.
Stefan Zekorn, 'Marianische Theologie und Spiritualität - am Beispiel von Mariendarstellungen in Kevelaer.' In Sedes Sapientiae Mariologisches Jahrbuch 13 (2009) 1, p. 49-56 (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 51°35'0" - E 6°14'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw738; Photograph: 15 June 2019
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