"Ihhashi Elimhlophe" uGauguin
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) wachitha iminyaka yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe eziQhingini zasePolynesia. UHalf-Peruvian ngokwakhe, wake wanquma ukubalekela impucuko. Njengoba kwakubonakala kuye, epharadesi.
IPharadesi laphenduka ubumpofu nesizungu. Nokho, yilapho adala khona imidwebo yakhe edume kakhulu. Kuhlanganisa Ihhashi Elimhlophe.
Ihhashi liphuza emfudlaneni. Ngemuva kunabaseTahiti ababili abanqunu abagibele amahhashi. Awekho amahhashi noma izintambo.
Gauguin, njengaye van Gogo, wayengesabi ukuhlola umbala. Sakaza ngamatinti awolintshi. Ihhashi linombala oluhlaza okotshani ethunzini lamahlamvu awela phezu kwalo.
U-Gauguin futhi wenza ngamabomu isithombe sibe flat. Ayikho ivolumu yakudala kanye nenkohliso yesikhala!
Ngokuphambene nalokho, umdwebi ubonakala egcizelela indawo eyisicaba ye-canvas. Omunye umgibeli wayebonakala elenga esihlahleni. Eyesibili “yagxumela” ngemuva kwelinye ihhashi.
Umthelela udalwa ngendlela yokumodela yethunzi elikhanyayo: ukukhanya nesithunzi emizimbeni yabantu baseTahiti kusesimweni semivimbo ehlukene, ngaphandle koshintsho oluthambile.
Futhi akukho umkhathizwe, obuye uthuthukise umbono womdwebo oyisicaba.
Umbala onjalo "we-barbaric" kanye ne-flatness wawungekho isidingo. UGauguin wayempofu kakhulu.
Ngelinye ilanga omunye wabakweletayo, ongumnikazi wamakhemisi endawo, wafisa ukweseka lo mculi. Futhi wangicela ukuthi ngimdayisele umdwebo. Kodwa ngesimo sokuthi kuzoba yisakhiwo esilula.
UGauguin waletha iHhashi Elimhlophe. Wayekubheka kulula futhi kuyaqondakala. Nakuba, ngendlela, isilwane esinesizungu phakathi kwamaTahiti sisho umphefumulo. Futhi umbala omhlophe wawuhlotshaniswa nokufa. Kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi ikhasimende lomdwebo lalingazi lolu phawu lwendawo.
Akasamukelanga isithombe ngesinye isizathu.
Ihhashi laliluhlaza kakhulu! Ubengancamela ukubona ihhashi elimhlophe elihambisana nesicoco.
Ukube nje lowo sokhemisi wayazi ukuthi manje ngalelihhashi Eliluhlaza, noma kunalokho eliMhlophe, babezonikeza amakhulu amaningana ezigidi zamaRandi!
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