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The Project Director
Orde Levinson Orde Levinson, initiator of the Hope and Optimism Portfolio, was born in Namibia but currently resides in Oxford, where he is completing a doctorate on the life and writings of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.

He has worked extensively in the arts, publishing the 80th anniversary Portfolios of both Henry Moore and John Piper.

He is the author of a number of works including:- 'Ndilapa Nkosi', a poem which was described by Samuel Beckett as a 'moving feat'. In March 1991 he wrote 'Forcible Love' (NTN Version), a musical drama performed for the independence celebrations at the National Theatre in Namibia. His books on John Muafangejo are: 'I was Lonelyness' a catalogue raisonne; published by Struiik in 1992 and a monograph, The African Dream: 'Visions of Love and Sorrow', published by Thames and Hudson Ltd (Sept 1992). He has co-organised, in association with the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, a touring retrospective of works by Muafangejo. His most recent book is 'Quality and Experiment': The Prints of John Piper (1903-1992): a catalogue raisonne, published by Lund Humphries in 1996.

Currently he prefers to just write and paint.


 
    
     
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