Isimbo esiqingqiweyo sokuUmzobo wentloko yehashe lobheduibonisa umbono wokubona umhlaba ukude. Kwaye iumfanekiso womhambi wobheduihlala ibamba ingqalelo yabaphulaphuli. Kwangaxeshanye, le mizobo yabahambi nayo idlulisela umnqweno.

Kwi-2013, ukubhiyozela iMarseille njengeziko lenkcubeko yaseYurophu, umzobi wenza amaqela amaninzi emifanekiso eqingqiweyo kwizitrato zaseParis, eFransi, ephefumlelwe ngabahambi. Le mifanekiso iqingqiweyo ibizwa ngokuba “ngabahambi”. Eli qela labalinganiswa Abahambi beSifanekiso siswele indawo esembindini. Ukongezelela, inxalenye ephezulu ye-sculpture yeBronze ixhunywe ngumthwalo wesandla. Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo weBronzi ubonakala ngathi uvele ngokukhawuleza kwitonela lexesha.

Yintoni iLes Voyageurs?

Umzobi kaFrancis wenza uluhlu lwemifanekiso eqingqiweyo yobhedu. Le mifanekiso iqingqiweyo ikhangeleka njengabantu abasebenzayo. Baziwa ngokudibeneyo njengeLes Voyageurs. Ngaphaya koko, le mizobo iyimizekelo ebalaseleyo yobugcisa beSurrealist. Babonisa abantu uninzi lwemizimba yabo engekhoyo. Kwaye, umfanekiso ngamnye unesifuba. Ityala letyala limele ubunzima bomhambi kwaye lidibanisa iindawo eziphezulu nezisezantsi zomfanekiso oqingqiweyo.

Iphi iBronze Traveller Sculpture?

'Umhambi' wobhedu ngentsebenziswano kumboniso kwiindawo ezininzi. Umculi udale le mifanekiso kwi-2013-2014. Kwaye, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yobhedu ibekwe kwizibuko laseMarseille-Foss eMarseille, eFransi. Umzobi ubonise ishumi kule mifanekiso iqingqiweyo kumboniso wangaphandle kwizibuko.

Kwakhona, eyona idumileyo kule mizobo yabahambi yiLe Grand van, Gogh. Ngoku iboniswa ngokusisigxina eCalgary, eCanada. Ngo-2019, njengenxalenye ye-58 yeVenice Biennale, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yabahambi engamashumi amathathu yaboniswa kwindawo engqonge iVenice, e-Itali. Ukongeza, ngoSeptemba ka-2021, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo emine yayiza kuboniswa kumda wolwandle e-Arcachon, eFransi.

Ubonakalisa Ubuhle obungaphelelanga:

Xa ujonge umzobo wegcisa likaFrancis, unokucinga ukuba kukho into engekhoyo kumzobo wembaleki waseFrances. Ngokuchanekileyo into engekhoyo yinxalenye yomfanekiso oqingqiweyo. Kakade ke, oku akuyongozi. Umsebenzi womzobi waseFransi ubonisa abantu behamba besiya kwindawo abangenayo inxalenye yomzimba wabo kodwa besaqhubeka. Kwakhona, ubugcisa bakhe buphefumlelwe ubomi bakhe njengomatiloshe kwaye bubukeka bunomdla kakhulu.

Ukungafezeki okudla ngokuthiwa ngabantu kunokubonisa uhlobo lobuhle, oko kukuthi, ubuhle beziphene. Libhekisela kuhlobo oluthile lobuhle kunye nomtsalane owahlukileyo kowo “kugqibelela” ngenxa yokungapheleli kwento. Umzobi usebenzisa obu buhle bungaphelelanga. Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wegcisa likaFrances uthimba ngokuqinileyo ingqalelo yabantu abawuxabisayo umsebenzi. Kwangaxeshanye, ezi mifanekiso ziqingqiweyo zikaFrances zikwahambisa ngokukhawuleza kunye nomnqweno onamandla.

Iingcamango kuMfanekiso:

 Aba bahambi bakhawulezayo, bephethe imithwalo. Ngaba baya kude okanye bangxamele ukubuyela kwidolophu yabo? Bacinga ngantoni ngexhala? Loo malungu omzimba angekhoyo ngokwenene ashiye abantu beneengcinga ezininzi. Le mifanekiso iqingqiweyo ibonisa abantu abasebenzayo, kanye njengokuba kukho izithuthi nabantu endleleni kungakhathaliseki ukuba busuku ngaliphi na ixesha. Sonke sisebenza nzima kwaye singxamele ukuhlala siphila.

Xa sibona umfanekiso we-Francis artist, sitshitshiswa ziindawo ezingaphelelanga zomfanekiso oqingqiweyo. Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wegcisa likaFrancis wamkela obu buhle buchetyiweyo. Obu buhle bukhethekileyo buwabamba ngokuqinileyo amehlo abantu, ngelixa behambisa ukungxama kunye nokutshintsha kohambo.

Siye sazibandakanya kwishishini lemifanekiso eqingqiweyo iminyaka engama-43, samkelekile ukuba senze ngokwezifiso imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yebhastile, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yobhedu, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yentsimbi engatyiwa kunye nefiberglass.