My Robben Island by Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela stepped down as President of South Africa on 16th June 1999. Following his retirement, he turned to art making as a therapeutic activity and produced a series of colour sketches that depicted his imprisonment on Robben Island. Under the guidance of his art teacher Varenka Paschke; he created the works where old black graphic lines are filled with dazzling colour to imbue Mandela’s memories of his imprisonment with deep emotional and symbolic meaning.

The NFT edition of “My Robben Island” consists of six items; these original five colour drawings and The Motivation, (a text written by Mandela that details his intentions in visualising the harsh realities of his eighteen-year incarceration on the island). All works bear the signature of Nelson Mandela.