{"id":390,"date":"2020-10-01T15:04:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T13:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tanialeestudio.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2023-03-27T16:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T14:29:26","slug":"nelson-mandela-ceramic-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/10\/01\/nelson-mandela-ceramic-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Portraits: Nelson Mandela &#8211; &#8220;The Listener&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I sculpted this portrait bust for the 100 Years Tribute Exhibition &#8211; Celebrating Nelson Mandela&#8217;s Legacy hosted at The Studio Art Gallery in Simons Town.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.studioartgallery.co.za\/100-years-tribute-exhibition-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.studioartgallery.co.za\/100-years-tribute-exhibition-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have worked on various sculptures of Nelson Mandela, each time with a different focus and message specific to the location or commission.<br \/>\nThis portrait was a personal project and I wanted to convey what to me was one of the vital and instrumental characteristics of this great man &#8211; that of &#8220;The Listener&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Medium: Ceramic, Height: 400mm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_rtangle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-393 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_rtangle.jpg\" alt=\"mandela_ceramic_bust_rtangle\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_rtangle.jpg 766w, http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_rtangle-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_rtangle-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_ltangle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-392 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_ltangle.jpg\" alt=\"mandela_ceramic_bust_ltangle\" width=\"811\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_ltangle.jpg 811w, http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_ltangle-119x150.jpg 119w, http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_ltangle-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_side.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-394 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_side.jpg\" alt=\"mandela_ceramic_bust_side\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_side.jpg 761w, http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_side-111x150.jpg 111w, http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_side-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_front.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-391 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_front.jpg\" alt=\"mandela_ceramic_bust_front\" width=\"815\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_front.jpg 815w, http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_front-119x150.jpg 119w, http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/mandela_ceramic_bust_front-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I sculpted this portrait bust for the 100 Years Tribute Exhibition &#8211; Celebrating Nelson Mandela&#8217;s Legacy hosted at The Studio Art Gallery in Simons Town. http:\/\/www.studioartgallery.co.za\/100-years-tribute-exhibition-2\/ I have worked on various sculptures of Nelson Mandela, each time with a different focus and message specific to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930,"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions\/930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}