Zimbabwe is the only african country with large amounts of carvable stone. Brian gaisford grew up with the shona artists in zimbabwe before 1975. Shona sculpture from zimbabwe is one of the main focuses of hemingway gallery which was the first gallery to import the monumental stone sculpture to the united states.
They believe that the spirit in the rock speaks to the artist who in turn listens and then works on it to set the spirit free. Including the rock that is indigenous to their country. The shona believe that everything on earth has a spirit.
History of the zimbabwe shona stone sculptures. Our web gallery is the international hub for the secondary market in works by the most famous names of this art. Guruve are specialists and experts in contemporary stone sculpture from the shona sculpture art movement of zimbabwe.
Guruve promotes the very best in contemporary african art with an extensive collection of authentic original african art and sculpture in our online gallery. Serpentine stone is a variety of soapstone found. It is an example of the intricate and beautiful work of the shona artists and the details captured in stone.
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From its humble beginnings as a small gallery in the capital city harare to the 20 acre sculpture park in the outskirts of harare. In 1970 chapungu sculpture park has pioneered the promotion of zimbabwe stone sculpture shona sculpture. Founded by roy guthrie as african art promotions inc.
You can read more about the history of shona sculpture here along with some background to the sculpture communities our relationships with the artists and how we select the.
Zimbabwe stone sculptures. Stone sculpture is an art for which zimbabwe is well known around the world. Modern african stone sculpture is not traditional although much of its subject matter has traditional roots. During the precolonial era local inhabitants were already artistically predisposed fashioning works from various natural materials such as fibres. Guruve specialises in stone sculpture from zimbabwe often known as the shona sculpture art movement.
Although the younger artists may choose modern themes the striking simplicity of their pieces reveals they too belong to an art movement that first gained international exposure in the 1950s. Shona sculpture is the name given to a modern movement of stone carved sculpture created in zimbabwe. It gets its name from the shona tribe of people actually a mixture of many similar tribes with closely related language and culture who are the largest in zimbabwe. The artists featured on this site have enjoyed a long relationship with stone dynamics gallery and represent significant and famous names in zimbabwe stone sculpture.
Their work is varied and provides an insight into the diversity and complexity of the sculpture. Zimbabwe means great stone house so it is fitting that stone sculpture also referred to as shona sculpture is the art form that most represents the people of zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe means great stone house so it is fitting that stone sculpture also referred to as shona sculpture is the art form that most represents the people of zimbabwe. Their work is varied and provides an insight into the diversity and complexity of the sculpture. The artists featured on this site have enjoyed a long relationship with stone dynamics gallery and represent significant and famous names in zimbabwe stone sculpture.
It gets its name from the shona tribe of people actually a mixture of many similar tribes with closely related language and culture who are the largest in zimbabwe. Shona sculpture is the name given to a modern movement of stone carved sculpture created in zimbabwe. Although the younger artists may choose modern themes the striking simplicity of their pieces reveals they too belong to an art movement that first gained international exposure in the 1950s.
Guruve specialises in stone sculpture from zimbabwe often known as the shona sculpture art movement. During the precolonial era local inhabitants were already artistically predisposed fashioning works from various natural materials such as fibres. Modern african stone sculpture is not traditional although much of its subject matter has traditional roots.
Stone sculpture is an art for which zimbabwe is well known around the world.
