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From New Homes Magazine
It’s clear that local and international collectors see more in
Novela’s work than his extraordinary technique and love for his
subject – they see Novela as a good investment. In the last five
years, gallery owners have upped the price of a canvas from a modest
R350 to a set rate of R7000. Normally, it’s difficult to put a price
on art because the value is not quantitative; it lies in what you,
as the public, are prepared to pay. But some art does become a
valuable commodity when the demand for it exceeds the supply. And
that is what an investment collector looks for – art that will
increase in value, that’s why this artist has caught the interest of
collectors.
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Biography
Daniel was born in
LouisTrichardt, on the 1st of December 1964. He was born of a Tsonga
(Shangaan) mother- Elina Khoza- and a mine emigrant Labourer from
Mozambique- Filipe Novela, of Gaza province, Southern Mozambique.
In 1970 Elina, with her 3 children: Daniel, Flora and Leah moved
from South Africa to Mozambique, to live with her husband and Father
of her children.
In 1974 when Daniel was 10 years old his father Filipe died and his
death left the whole family in sever poverty that Elina was not able
to put her children into school.
In 1976 a year after Mozambican independence, education became free
and more accessible to all children, although there was a great
scarcity of teachers and very inadequate learning environment.
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Daniel Novela in the United Nations headquarters in New York |
