A STRIKING exhibition of stone sculptures by a group of Zimbabwean artists will be on view at Rwavhi Fine Arts in Johannesburg from September 3 to 25.
The exhibition, titled Spring Sculpture Stone, features a collection of 100 contemporary, hand-carved sculptures in a variety of sizes and stone types. Featured in the exhibition are works by Tarzan Sithole, a talented third generation stone sculptor.
The exhibition reflects the relationship between the Shona people of Zimbabwe and their environment. The Shona believe human life is one with the animals, plants, and nature. All living things are invested with spirits. And life's goal is to live in harmony and balance with these sacred forces. Sithole's depictions are often more conceptual than literal or representational. His birds are created in terms of how he imagines them, not necessarily what he sees.
Various artists involved in the exhibition capture certain movements or behaviours of the birds. Take Andamiyo Chihota, of Guruve, who captures the flurry of birds in a variety of activities or poses, their delicately etched eyes as portals to an inner world.
Meanwhile, Joseph Chigangaidze, who comes from Mashonaland in Zimbabwe, delivers an altogether different selection of finely observed sculptures of deer, fish and birds.
His creatures are frozen in stylised renditions of typical animal behaviour.
A moving exhibition
A STRIKING exhibition of stone sculptures by a group of Zimbabwean artists will be on view at Rwavhi Fine Arts in Johannesburg from September 3 to 25.
The exhibition, titled Spring Sculpture Stone, features a collection of 100 contemporary, hand-carved sculptures in a variety of sizes and stone types. Featured in the exhibition are works by Tarzan Sithole, a talented third generation stone sculptor.
The exhibition reflects the relationship between the Shona people of Zimbabwe and their environment. The Shona believe human life is one with the animals, plants, and nature. All living things are invested with spirits. And life's goal is to live in harmony and balance with these sacred forces. Sithole's depictions are often more conceptual than literal or representational. His birds are created in terms of how he imagines them, not necessarily what he sees.
Various artists involved in the exhibition capture certain movements or behaviours of the birds. Take Andamiyo Chihota, of Guruve, who captures the flurry of birds in a variety of activities or poses, their delicately etched eyes as portals to an inner world.
Meanwhile, Joseph Chigangaidze, who comes from Mashonaland in Zimbabwe, delivers an altogether different selection of finely observed sculptures of deer, fish and birds.
His creatures are frozen in stylised renditions of typical animal behaviour.
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