Originally posted by the Voice of America.
Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America,
a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in
the public domain.


       Traumatic Past Fuels Work of South African Artist Blessing Ngobeni

   by Darren Taylor

   An artist in South Africa is transcending his traumatic past to create
   some of the country's most talked-about paintings. Critics are
   comparing Blessing Ngobeni's work to that of world famous Spanish
   artist, Joan Miro. Like Miro's, Ngobeni's works are intensely
   surrealistic. But the South African's paintings are often more overtly
   political than the Spaniard's ever were'¦and just as controversial. a
     __________________________________________________________________

   [1]http://www.voanews.com/media/photogallery/1749590.html

References

   1. http://www.voanews.com/media/photogallery/1749590.html