General Press: About the Artist About the Black Christ Painting Its Creation & Controversy The Black Christ Painting’s Exile to Europe The Black Christ Painting Found After Search The Black Christ Painting Returns to SA
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Harrison’s Other Artwork
2006 Luthuli Series 2011 Heartbeat of the Nation Series
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Artist’s Book
Foreword, Introduction and Preface
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Academic Articles
Art and Nonviolence in Apartheid SA Mandela, Luthuli, and Nonviolence in the SA Freedom Struggle Art Against Apartheid: Book Review Art & Resistance in Apartheid SA
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The Black Christ Trailer
The Black Christ documentary film tells the story of a courageous Cape Town artist, Ronald Harrison. In 1962, at the age of 22, Harrison created an imposing 2.2 by 1.3 metre oil painting depicting Christ …
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Ronald Harrison was born on the 18 March 1940 in the suburb of Athlone, Cape Town, but lived the first four years of his life in Kimberley. After returning to Cape Town, Ronald described his childhood as ‘nomadic’ - his family often moved from place to place and he lived in many different Cape Town communities, including District Six, Ottery and Salt River.