This June, the National Gallery of Zimbabwe will facilitate a portfolio review exercise for 20 practicing visual artists. The review is meant to augment best practise by expanding the selection of artists for the organization’s exhibitions in future. Aside from this factor the exercise is meant to bring in fresh perspectives. Artists are recommended to…
If someone is to ask me what I think of stone sculptures from Zimbabwe, I would say “Educative, inspiring, amazing and creative”, all wrapped up in one place. I would like to think it all started in the stone-age era and unknown to the founders of stone carving, the art form has grown and continued…
Whenever someone said art, the first thing that came to my mind was a pencil, a paper , paint and brushes. Thanks to my brother Taurai Matereke from the Chitungwiza Arts Center, I was introduced to the art of stone sculpting done using our own natural stones. Stone sculptures are just amazing to say the…
