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SA artist Nelson Makamo's painting on TIME magazine cover
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Thu, 02/07/2019 - 18:45

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The painting by Nelson Makamo is featured on TIME magazine's "optimists issue." 

NEW YORK - A beautiful oil painting of a child wearing red circular glasses by Nelson Makamo is featured on the cover of TIME magazine.

The portrait, titled Visions of a limitless future, was revealed on Thursday by the magazine as part of the second "optimists issue."

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In a post on Instagram TIME said the issue was meant to inspire people through the work of artists across various fields.

"Whether a filmmaker or a photographer, an author or an actress, a poet or a painter, these pages are filled with people who use art as a weapon for dynamic optimism", read the caption.

Makamo is a Johannesburg based artist who was born in Limpopo and his work has been featured in various locations around the world.

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"Art is worthy of our interrogation and is in fact an antidote for our times," writes @ava, guest-editor of @time’s second special issue devoted to #optimism. "In the issue, we celebrate and suggest ways that one can find inspiration in our present moment through the work of artists who carve a path for us all. Whether a filmmaker or a photographer, an author or an actress, a poet or a painter, these pages are filled with people who use art as a weapon for dynamic optimism." See the full Optimists issue, on 34 people changing how we see our world, at the link in bio. Photograph by @djenebaaduayom for TIME; Painting by @nelsonmakamo for TIME; Video by @arpane; animation by @brobeldesign A post shared by TIME (@time) on Feb 7, 2019 at 4:51am PST