Pemba, George Mnyaluza Milwa
New Brighton Cement work
- 1955
- Oil on canvas
- Elevation of Market, Sir Herbert Baker. Drwaing no. 9
- 75 x 101 cm
In this delicate watercolour, Pemba sets the shrub-filled foreground against the industrial structures of the New Brighton cement works. The contrast between vegetation and factory buildings creates a quiet disjuncture between nature and industry, while reflecting the artist’s attentive eye for the tensions embedded in everyday urban and industrial landscapes.
