LEVENDE STEN - Skolerne i Boserup

BOSERUP GALLERI 2007
LEVENDE STEN
Master Sculptors of Zimbabwe
Skolerne i Boserup, Boserupvej 100, 4000 Roskilde
www.friendsforeverzimbabwe.com

www.friendsforeverzimbabwe.com
Friends Forever
Friends Forever blev stiftet i Juli 2004 som et selskab i Zimbabwe på initiativ af en række zimbabweanske
kunstnere og deres venner, som ønskede at skabe nye og kollektive måder at sælge zimbabweanske skulpturer
på.
For kunstnerne er hensigten at sælge deres kunstværker til sådanne priser og i sådanne mængder, at de
kan opretholde en god levestandard og således tage sig godt af deres familier og samtidig være i stand til
at udvikle deres kunst videre frem.
Den anden side af Friends Forevers formål er at bringe denne kunst af højeste kvalitet ud til et verdenspublikum
for derved at præsentere smukke kunstværker fra Afrika.
Friends Forever køber kunstværker af kunstnerne og arrangerer udstillinger verden over i samarbejde med
mange forskellige partnere. Kunstneren modtager 40% af den aftalte købspris, og når kunstværket bliver
solgt på udstilling, modtager kunstneren resten af den aftalte pris.
Friends Forever stræber efter at afslutte hver udstilling med et økonomisk overskud, som derefter fordeles
således:
1/3 bliver udbetalt som kontant bonus til den enkelte kunstner i overensstemmelse med, hvor meget vedkommendes
kunst har solgt på udstillingen.
1/3 bliver investeret i Friends Forevers sundhedssystem, som bl. a. indebærer nødvendig medicin til de af
kunstnerne, der har behov for det, samt en egentlig sundhedsforsikring af alle kunstnerne.
1/3 bliver investeret inden for Friends Forever til ny udvikling, f. eks. udviklingen og oprettelsen af en egentlig
uddannelse af de nye generationer af billedkunstnere i Zimbabwe.
Det er en tradition at alle kunstnerne mødes og godkender den udstilling, der er på vej til at blive pakket
og sendt afsted. Det foregår på Friends Forevers hovedkvarter i Ruwa, øst for Harare. Alle skulpturer er
stillet op til udstilling, der bliver holdt taler, kunstnerne ser på hinandens værker, kommenterer. Der bliver
serveret god mad, og der er forskellige former for underholdning, musik, fodboldkamp etc. En rigtig god
stemning, og en sikring af, at alle kunstnerne er personligt involverede ikke bare i deres egen kunst, men i
hele processen frem til afholdelsen af udstillingen, hvor det måtte være i verden.
Indtil nu har Friends Forever i samarbejde med lokale partnere afholdt udstillinger i Spanien, Østrig,
Holland, Atlanta og Boston, USA, Italien, Rusland (herunder Museum of Modern Art i Moskva), Finland,
Tyskland - og Danmark.

Fænomenet moderne zimbabweansk stenskulptur er en
historie som fortjener at blive fortalt igen og igen. Ikke
blot fordi det er en smuk stemme fra det overvældende
smukke land Zimbabwe, men først og fremmest på grund
af dens enestående signifikans som en kunstform, der
forbinder et moderne og humanistisk kunstudtryk med
de kulturelle rødder hos et folk med mange traditioner
og overbevisninger.
Vi undrer os ved mødet med denne plastiske kunst, skabt
i sten fra et land i det sydlige Afrika af kunstnere ofte
uden kontakt med den vestlige verdens kunstudtryk.
Hvad er det vi føler? Nærheden af et andet menneske
fra en anden del af verden, fra helt anderledes forhold
og alligevel har vi noget tilfælles. Hvad er det? Vi undrer
os - og vi opdager at vi sandelig godt kan lide det. Dette
er ikke velhavende europæere, som rækker ud til ikke
velhavende afrikanere – og dog det er det også – men
først og fremmest er det den helt personlige forbindelse
mellem mennesker på et højt etisk niveau.
Lad mig fortælle jer nogle detaljer fra disse stenskulpturers
historie og hvorledes kunstformen udviklede sig på
baggrund af forskellige heldige omstændigheder i landet
Zimbabwe:
I mange år var dette land Rhodesia, og før det Sydrhodesia,
opkaldt efter erobreren Cecil Rhodes, og landet var en
britisk koloni i hovedparten af det 20. århundrede. I 1980
genvandt landet sin frihed og selvstændighed efter en
hård og bitter befrielseskrig og tog navnet Zimbabwe.
Lang tid før dette, i det 12. århundrede eksisterede
Mhunumutapa kongedømmet, som havde hovedsæde
i det storslåede stenkompleks “Great Zimbabwe”. Op
til 10 meter høje mure bygget af granitblokke tilpasset
hinanden uden mørtel eller andet bindemiddel imellem
dem. I disse bygninger fandt arkæologer nogle meget
høje fuglefigurer (de blev alle “bortført” af arkæologerne
og andre, men de vigtigste er nu tilbage i landet – efter
lange forhandlinger). Denne “Zimbabwe Bird” pryder
flaget i den nye republik som tog sit navn fra den.
Så man kunne påstå at traditionen med at hugge figurer
i sten var tilstede tidligt, skønt fuglene var skåret i den
bløde limsten og ikke de sten som I ser på denne
udstilling, serpentin, springsten, opalsten osv. Disse sten
er en vigtig del af forudsætningerne for fremkomsten af
den moderne stenskulpturtradition i Zimbabwe.
“The Great Dyke” – en formation af vulkansk herkomst,
som strækker sig gennem landet fra nord til syd,
indeholder rige forekomster af disse sten, sammen med
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Historien om
Zimbabwes mesterskulptører
og deres kunst
mange mineraler, skabt gennem millioner af års høje tryk
og temperaturer.
Stenene bærer på en hemmelig kvalitet, som er de
mange farver, der kommer strålende frem, når man glatter
overfladen med fil, sandpapir og vandslibepapir,
varmer stenen op for at mætte den med voks og til sidst
polerer den til en skinnende flot overflade.
En anden forudsætning var oprettelsen af Zimbabwes
nye nationalgalleri i Salisbury, idag Harare.
Frank McEwen blev hentet fra Europas kunstverden for
at blive den første direktør, og han udviste en for disse
tider usædvanlig interesse for afrikanernes talent for
kunst, som skulle bygge på deres egen kultur (noget af
en overraskelse for det hvide mindretal, som ønskede at
se vestlig kunst på “deres” nye galleri).
Det udviklede sig til en egentlig kunstskole på galleriet,
hvor mange af vore dages kunstnere, både billedhuggere
og malere, blev uddannet. McEwen arrangerede
udstillinger i bl. a. Paris, London og New York med de
bedste skulptørers værker, og de blev modtaget som en
sensation.
Mange af de store billedhuggere udviklede deres talent i
Tengenenge, et kunstnerkollektiv, skabt af tobaksfarmeren
Tom Blomefield. Hans farm lå op ad The Great Dyke,
nordvest for Harare, og da Ian Smiths Rhodesia blev
boykottet af det internationale samfund pga. styrets
apartheidsystem, forelsog Tom sine arbejdere at de skulle
forsøge sig med at lave stenskulpturer.
De mesterskulptører, som udviklede deres kunst
dengang, kaldes idag den første generation. Blandt de
største tælles de nu afdøde Henry Munyaradzi, Bernard
Matemera og Nicholas Mukomberanwa, som alle er
repræsenteret på denne udstilling.
Fra den første generation finder I også Fanizani Akuda,
Enos Gunja, Sylvester Mubayi og Edward Chiwawa.
Nu er den 2. generation på fuld fart fremad for at
genneføre deres selvstændige gennembrud i den
internationale kunstverden. Blandt dem er to medstiftere
af Friends Forever, nemlig Lawrence Mukomberanwa,
søn af Nicholas, og Mike Munyaradzi, søn af Henry.
Tillad os at præsentere alle kunstnerne i Friends Forever,
med deres egne ord eller med ord fra deres nære
slægtninge og venner.
Sune Jørgensen
Kurator
Friends Forever

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Friends Forever
a group of Zimbabwean artists and their friends
join forces and sell art
In August 2004 a private limited company was formed with the name Friends Forever. The initiative came
from a group of Zimbabwean artists and their friends, who wished to create new and collective ways of
selling Zimbabwean sculptures in other countries.
For the artists the purpose was to sell their works of art to such amounts and prices that they could maintain
a good standard of living from it, and thus both care for their families and develop their art work further.
The purpose of creating Friends Forever was also to promote Zimbabwean stone sculptures of high artistic
standards world wide and thereby show the world beautiful pieces of modern African art.
Friends Forever is registered as an official promoter of Zimbabwean art with the National Arts Council of
Zimbabwe in Harare.
This exhibition has been created by the contributing sculptors in Zimbabwe. Except for the sculptures by
the late Henry Munyaradzi, Bernard Matemera and Nicholas Mukomberanwa, which have courteously
been provided by The Friends Forever Permanent Collection in Zimbabwe, all sculptures presented are for
sale at reasonable prices, this being an important part of the whole Friends Forever concept. It incorporates
the important aspects of supplying the artists with good business as well as providing them and their families
with much needed health care.
Hence, the surplus generated from the successful sales from this exhibition is divided into three parts:
One third goes directly to the artists as an extra cash bonus.
One third goes into the already established and working health system for the FFE Artists, including health
insurance as well as life important medicine.
The last third is used as investment in future exhibitions and other developments within Friends Forever,
such as education for young upcoming talents within the art form.
Before sending an exhibition off, all the participating artists gather at the Friends Forever Headquarters in
Ruwa, west of Harare, where all the sculptures are put on display for the artists to enjoy and for all to agree
that this is the exhibition they want to send off to its destination.
Therefore all of the artists have made every possible effort to surpass themselves in artistic quality, and
everybody have indeed achieved what they all aimed for – the outmost quality of expression in their
individual versions of modern Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture, and all of them are very much involved in
how it goes at the exhibition.
Thus, this exhibition is meant as a direct and even personal contact between you, the people enjoying the
art and maybe acquiring it for your own pleasure, and the artists, who provide us with wonderful, friendly
and deeply humanistic experiences of art from another part of the world.

Introducing
Zimbabwean Master Sculptors
and the history of their art
The phenomenon of modern Zimbabwean Stone
Sculpture is indeed a story well worth telling again and
again. Not only because it is a beautiful voice from the
beautiful country of Zimbabwe, but mainly because
of its significance as an art form, with its humanistic
expression through a modern language, at the same
time based upon tradition and traditional beliefs. We
wonder, when we experience this plastic world of
contemporary art, created in stone in a southern African
country by artists of meager means. What is it we feel?
The nearness of another soul – from another part of the
world – from quite different circumstances – and yet – we
have a lot in common; what is it? – We wonder – and
we certainly like it very much. This is not the “well-off”
Europeans stretching out to the “poor” African citizen -
and yet it is also this – but first and foremost it is the very
personal connection between human beings at a high
ethic level.
Let me tell you some details about the history of these
stone sculptures and how the art form grew out of
different very fortunate conditions in the country of
Zimbabwe:
This country was for many years Rhodesia – and earlier
Southern Rhodesia – named after the conqueror Cecil
Rhodes and was a British colony for most of the 20th
century. In 1980 after a tough and bitter war, the country
regained its freedom and independence and took the
name Zimbabwe.
Before that there existed a kingdom, which the
magnificent stone buildings “Great Zimbabwe” bear
witness of today. Up to 10-meter high walls built of
granite blocks on top of each other – and in this building
some very large birds, carved in stone were found. This
“Zimbabwe Bird” is today part of the flag of the new
republic, which took its name from it. So the tradition of
carving in stone was there, though the birds were created
out of the soft soap stone, and not the stones seen at this
exhibition, serpentine, springstone, opal stone etc. They
form part of the conditions for the emergence of the
modern stone sculpture tradition.
“The Great Dyke”, which stretches 555 km from north
to south, holds rich deposits of these stones, formed
through millions of years of volcanic activities of high
temperatures and pressure.
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These stones hold a secret quality in the many colours,
which come to the surface, when you rasp, sand, wash,
heat, wax and polish them.
Another condition was the building of The National
Gallery in then Salisbury, today Harare, capital of
Zimbabwe. Frank McEwen was called from Europe as its
first director, and he showed a for those times unusual
interest in art created by Africans. It evolved into a
proper art academy on the premises of the gallery, where
many of today’s artists were trained. McEwen eventually
brought the best artists abroad – to Paris, London and
New York with great success.
Many of the artists developed at Tengenenge, an artists’
society, which was created at Tom Blomefield’s place
northwest of Harare, located on the slopes of The Great
Dyke. Originally a tobacco farmer, Tom suggested to his
workers that they started carving stone sculptures, when
the international sanctions against Ian Smith’s Rhodesian
Unilateral Declaration of Independence and apartheid
regime made it impossible to live from the tobacco sales.
The master sculptors, who developed their art through
these times, are the so-called 1st generation sculptors.
They include the late Henry Munyaradzi, Bernard
Matemera and Nicholas Mukomberanwa, who are all
represented at this exhibition.
Also presented from the 1st generation are Fanizani
Akuda, Enos Gunja and Edward Chiwawa, who
have produced several new pieces especially for this
exhibition.
The 2nd generation is lead by two sons of the great
masters: Henry’s son Mike Munyaradzi and Nicholas’
son Lawrence Mukomberanwa.
Both of these modern masters are abundantly represented
at this exhibition with pieces for sale as well as pieces
lent from the Friends Forever Permanent Collection.
They are both directors in Friends Forever and enjoy the
respect of all the other artists represented here.
In the following we will present all the artists, in their own
words or in the words of their near relatives or friends.
Sune Jørgensen
Curator
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Colleen Madamombe
Coleen Madamombe er en stor gevinst for Zimbabwe, for kunst i
verden, for den zimbabweanske kunstverden, for kvinder overalt.
Hun blev født i 1964. Hendes arbejde handler om kvinders rolle i
det zimbabweanske samfund, hendes velkendte stolte kvindefigurer
er kendt over hele verden, og hendes skulpturer er en natulig del af
enhver samling af zimbabweanske stenskulpturer.
De har en direkte appel til alle mennesker, ikke mindst til kvinder
på landet i Zimbabwe, som umiddelbart identificerer sig med hendes
figurer, og derved skaber en meget direkte kontakt mellem stor kunst
og mennesker langt ude på landet i Zimbabwe.
Colleen Madamombe is a great asset to Zimbabwe, to art in the
world, to the world of Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture, to women
everywhere.
Colleen Madamombe was born in 1964 and has achieved an unusual
level of success for a woman sculptor in Zimbabwe. Her work deals
with the role of women in Zimbabwean society, often addressing the
changing role of the woman in modern African life. Her trademark
female figures are known the world over, and her work is an integral
part of any collection of Zimbabwean Sculpture.
Her sculptures, which are always depicting proud African women,
have a direct appeal to everybody, not least women in the rural areas
of Zimbabwe, who immediately identify themselves with her persons,
thus creating a very direct link between great art and people of the
countryside of Zimbabwe.
Proud Of My Firstborn
Opal
2.900 € / 21.600 Kr
1866
Happy Sisters
Springstone
25 × 52 × 22 cm
755 € / 5.800 Kr

2135
Time For Shopping
Opal
37 × 35 × 30 cm
450 € / 3.350 Kr
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From The Well
Springstone
42 × 16 × 44 cm
300 € / 2.250 Kr
913
2105
Excuse Me, Please
Springstone
36 × 19 × 18 cm
250 € / 1.850 Kr
Breastfeeding is Best
Opal
84 × 52 × 61 cm
2.900 € / 21.600 Kr
2241
Proud Of My Daughters
Springstone
36 × 52 × 20 cm
650 € / 4.850 Kr

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My only one
Opal
4.000 € / 30.000 Kr
2126
On A Shopping Spree
Springstone
27 × 42 × 18 cm
350 € / 2.600 Kr
2259
Going To The Hospital
Opal
32 × 27 × 25 cm
250 € / 1.850 Kr

2239
Lets Go This Way
Springstone
25 × 24 × 22 cm
250 € / 1.850 Kr
2235
Excited Dancers
Springstone
31 × 25 × 37 cm
275 € / 2.050 Kr
2261
Perfect Women
Springstone
32 × 20 × 20 cm
200 € / 1.500 Kr
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2262
I Love My Goude
Springstone
26 × 26 × 21 cm
200 € / 1.500 Kr
2268
I Love My Hairstyle
Springstone
23 × 28 × 20 cm
225 € / 1.675 Kr

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Fanizani Akuda
1836
Fanizani, som blev født i Zambia, er kendt for sine smilende ansigter,
fløjtende mænd og glade familier. Hans personer er venlige og
fulde af humør, altid smilende og med mystisk sammenknebne øjne
(Fanizani siger det stammer fra hans egen uro over at få splinter i øjnene,
når han hugger i stenene).
Fanizanis kunstværker kan kendes på deres runde former. Han har
udstillet over hele verden, i lande som Tyskland, Danmark, Holland,
USA, Sverige, Cuba, Australien, Sydafrika, Malawi, Spanien og Østrig.
I Maj 2005 holdt The National Gallery of Zimbabwe en æresudstilling
for ham - “Fanizani – en Legende i Sten”.
Fanizani Akuda, who was born in Zambia, is noted for his smiling
faces, whistling men and happy families. His characters are
tender and humorous, constantly smiling, with mysteriously slit eyes
(Fanizani says it comes from the fact that he was himself afraid of
getting splinters from the stones into his eyes). Fanizani’s pieces are
distinguished by their arrangements of round shapes. His work has
been exhibited worldwide, in countries such as Germany, Denmark,
Holland, the United States, Sweden, Cuba, Australia, South Africa,
Malawi, Russia, Finland, Spain and Austria. In May 2005 The National
Gallery of Zimbabwe held a retrospective Fanizani exhibition in his
honour – “Fanizani – a Legend in Stone.”
Mother and Twins
Opal
100 × 40 × 32 cm
4.200 € / 31.300 Kr
1851
Mother Shows The Child To
Play With Tongue
Cobalt
66 × 29 × 25 cm
1.400 € / 10.500 Kr

1947
Whistler
Brown Verdite
13 × 14 × 9 cm
250 € / 1.875 Kr
1839
Whistler
Leopard Rock
25 × 18 × 19 cm
475 € / 3.550 Kr
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1843
Smiling Head
Brown Verdite
31 × 20 × 16 cm
400 € / 2.975 Kr
260
Goat
Springstone
103 × 46 × 29 cm
2.450 € / 18.250 Kr
Smiling Head
Leopard Rock
21 × 17 × 9 cm
250 € / 1.870 Kr
1855
Whistler
Verdite
12 × 14 × 11 cm
300 € / 2.250 Kr

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Edward Chiwawa
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African Prince
Opal
95 × 36 × 31 cm
1.575 € / 11.750 Kr
Edward Chiwawa er en stærk personlighed såvel som en stærk mand.
70 år gammel springer han ivrigt op på lastbilen, som kommer med
råsten til hans hus i Chitungwiza, for at dirigere arbejdet med at bakse
stenen ned på jorden.
Chiwawa arbejder i sine skulpturer med forestillinger han har i hovedet,
fra traditionerne, fra drømme – siger han, og gør en sigende
bevægelse ved at dreje fingeren rundt i luften.
Edward Chiwawa is a strong personality as well as a strong man,
physically. Although 70 years of age, he eagerly jumps the truck,
which delivers big raw stones to his place, and leads the delicate
manipulation of the big stone until it can be pushed over the side of
the truck – with many eagerly expressed words going along with it.
Chiwawa works on his sculptures from imaginations in his head, the
images come from within, from the traditions, even from dreams. And
he makes a telling gesture of spinning his finger round and round.
1889
Moon Head
Springstone
16 × 16 × 5 cm
200 € / 1.500 Kr
1888
Moon Head
Cobalt
20 × 21 × 7 cm
450 € / 3.350 Kr

324
Too Cold for Comfort
Opal
97 cm
1.750 € / 13.000 Kr
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Priest
Opal
101 × 29 × 14 cm
1.500 € / 11.200 Kr
894
1869
In Deep Memories
Springstone
52 × 15 × 8 cm
650 € / 4.850 Kr
Asking For Blessings
Opal
92 × 44 × 18 cm
1.750 € / 13.000 Kr

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Mike Munyaradzi
“
Mit navn er Mike Munyaradzi, jeg er zimbabweansk billedhugger
af anden generation. Jeg lærte at skabe skulpturer af min far, Henry
Munyaradzi. Jeg tror jeg begyndte da jeg var 13 år ammel, fordi jeg
sad ved siden af min far og så ham arbjde, og så lavede jeg selv små
fugle og andre dyr i små sten.
Min far sagde til mig: “Jeg vil gerne have du bliver billedhugger. Men
først vil jeg udstyre dig med en ordentlig uddannelse, hvis det nu ikke
lykkes.” Jeg gjorde gymnasiet færdigt. Jeg tog til Manchester universitet
og tog min uddannelse som computer ekspert. Jeg blev uddannet som
pilot. Og efter alle disse ting, måtte jeg spørge mig selv: OK, hvad er
nødvendigt for mig? At flyve? At være computer ekspert? Eller at være
billedhugger? Det måtte blive kunsten. Selvom jeg stadig flyver, er min
profession billedhugger, jeg er zimbabweansk skulptør. Sure.
For mig er en sten en skulptur, der venter på at komme frem. Jeg ser
på den og siger: “Ok, her har vi måske en løve. “ Så prøver jeg at få
den løve frem af stenen. Nu foregår det hele mellem mig og stenen. Er
vi overens her – eller slås vi?
“
My name is Mike Munyaradzi, I’m a Zimbabwean stone sculptor
of the 2nd generation. I learned sculpting from my father, Henry
Munyaradzi. I think I started when I was 13 years old, because I had
to sit beside my father watching him work, myself working on small
stones making little birds and little animals.
My father said to me, “I want you to be a sculptor. But I also want
to equip you with an adequate education in case you don’t make it
as a sculptor.” I went to Manchester University to get my degree in
computer science. I got my flying license as a commercial pilot. Then
after acquiring all those things I said to myself, “OK, what do I need to
do? Do I need to fly? Or do I need to be a computer scientist? Or do
I need to be a sculptor? So I decided to be a sculptor. Although I still
fly. But my profession is a stone sculptor, I am a Zimbabwean stone
sculptor. Sure.
To me a stone is a sculpture in waiting. I look at the stone and I’d say:
“Now, there could be lion in that stone.” Then I’ll try to get that lion
out of the stone. All I’m thinking now is between myself and the stone.
Are we fighting? Are we in good books here – or are we fighting?”
1535
Man In Deep Thoughts
Opal
79 × 55 × 33 cm
1.575 € / 11.775 Kr

2215
Traditonal Healer
Opal
43 × 27 × 12 cm
500 € / 3.725 Kr
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Mother and Child
Serpentine
78 × 30 × 27 cm
1.225 € / 9.150 Kr
1540
Carrying A Heavy Load
Springstone
87 × 72 × 37 cm
1.850 € / 13.775 Kr

706
African Village Elder
Opal
90 × 33 × 32 cm
1.750 € / 13.000 Kr
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1744
Lovers
1547
Cobalt
79 × 50 × 27 cm
1.650 € / 12.250 Kr
Village Elder
Steatite
108 × 41 × 28 cm
875 € / 6.500 Kr

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973
The Nun
Opal
120 cm
1.500 € / 10.000 Kr
Man Protected by
Chapungu Spirit
Opal
112 × 34 × 20 cm
1.225 € / 9.125 Kr

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Square Chikwanda
1907
Leaf Man
Springstone
33 × 16 × 6 cm
500 € / 3.800 Kr
1901
Gourd Head
Lemon Opal
40 × 12 × 31 cm
475 € / 3.500 Kr
quare blev født i 1972 i Guruve. 7 år gammel flyttede han med sin
S familie til Tengenenge Skulptur kollektivet. Hans far blev skulptør i
Tengenenge og lod ham hjælpe sig med at pudse og polere skulpturer.
13 år gammel begyndte Square som selvstændig billedhugger, og
udviklede sin egen stil. I 1995 forlod han Tengenenge for at arbejde i
Chapungu Skulptur Park i Harare, og her blomstrede hans kunstneriske
evner og færdigheder. Hans arbejde har en stærk kraft, og samtidig
udtrykker hans figurer en klar følsomhed, særligt udtrykt i de forfinede
ansigter.
I dag bor og arbejder Square i Chitungwiza syd for Harare, og hans
værker har været udstillet over hele verden.
Square Chikwanda was born in 1972 in Guruve, Zimbabwe. When
he was 7 he moved with his family to the Tengenenge Sculpture
Community. His father, already a sculptor at Tengenenge, allowed
Square to assist him with sanding and polishing. At the age of 13 he
started sculpting on his own, and with time he began to develop his
own style. In 1995 he left Tengenenge to work at Chapungu Sculpture
Park in Harare, and it was here he started to hone his artistic skills.
His work has immense power, yet his figures retain a tenderness
apparent in their refined facial features. Square now works on his own
in Chitungwiza and his work has been exhibited worldwide.
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Head
Lemon Opal
25 × 9 × 13 cm
375 € / 2.800 Kr

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Lawrence Mukomberanwa
“
Jeg begyndte at lave stenskulpturer da jeg var meget lille, fordi
min far var mesterskulptør, og når du vokser op i de omgivelser,
begynder du blot med at lege med værktøjet, så allerede fra barnsben
af kom jeg ind i det. Selvfølgelig kunne det ikke blive til så meget i
begyndelsen, du skulle passe skolen, og siden gymnasiet og siden fik
jeg min uddannelse som pilot. Jeg arbejdede som pilot i ca. to år, men
jeg var så forelsket i kunsten og derfor endte jeg der, du ved, kunsten
er mit liv.
Vores ideer er meget forbundet til vores kultur og samfund, nogle
kunstnere siger, deres ideer kommer fra mere urørlige ideer som
drømme og lignende, men det er noget jeg har i mente. Og ved du
hvad, med økonomi, politik, der er så mange ting der inspirerer os.
Jeg kan kun sige, jeg var meget priviligeret ved at have en far som
Nicholas, jeg lærte meget af ham – ja, alting.”
“
I started sculpting, when I was young, you know,
because my father (Nicholas Mukomberanwa)
was a master sculptor, and when you are growing
up as a kid, you are just playing with these tools
as toys, so as soon as I was born I was into it. But
at first I couldn’t do it so much, because of other
commitments like school. I finished my high school
and then got my certificate as an airline pilot. I
worked as a pilot for about two years, but I found
that my love was so much more into art, and it
ended up being in me, and, you know, my art is
myself.
1759
Family
Opal
158 × 100 × 60 cm
7.500 € / 55.875 Kr
Our ideas are so much connected to our culture
and society – some artists say, their subjects come
from less tangible ideas like dreams, but, with me,
I still am to experience that one. And you know,
with economics, politics, we have so many things
inspiring us. And then there are the times when
you want to feel the other side of life. You don’t
have those feelings all the time, they come once in
a while, you know, and if you are in such a mood
you carve a piece and if you are asked to do it again
you can’t repeat it.
I can say I was so much privileged to have a dad like
that one, because I learned a lot from him – I can
say: everything!”

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Taguma Mukomberanwa
Taguma Mukomberanwa – selve navnet siger det – ikke flere – han
er den yngste i familien. Elsker hurtige biler og er et skinnende
talent i Mukombreranwa familien. Konkurrerer gerne med broderen
– når han finder tid til det. Når du støder på et værk af Taguma, så se
efter en ekstra gang, der er altid noget der, tag ikke fejl, dette er en
ung fyr, men han har arvet familietalentet, og når han viser det, er det
ægte.
Taguma Mukomberanwa – his very name says it : the last one – 24
years old, Taguma is young, likes fast cars (often not a very good
option on the dirt road from the Mukomberanwa farm) and is a shining
talent in the Mukomberanwa tradition – actually he competes with
his older brother – the now family head Lawrence – when he finds his
time to do it. Whenever you come about a piece by Taguma, take a
second look, there is always something there – don’t be mistaken, this
is a young guy, but he has got the family talent for sure, and when he
shows it, he does it for real.
2297
A Man In Love With
His Spirit
Springstone
57 × 29 × 29 cm
840 € / 6.250 Kr

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Ennica Mukomberanwa
Ennica udfordrer sine brødre Lawrence og Taguma, ikke for at
overgå dem, men fordi hun, ligesom sin søster Netsai, føler meget
stærkt at zimbaweanske kvinder bør vise verden, at de har meget at
vise den om menneskets liv og betingelser, udtryk for traditionelle
overbevisninger såvel som nutidens hverdag. Ennica er en meget livlig
og humørfyldt personlighed, i 2004 vandt hun prisen som “Årets kvindelige
kunstner”, hvilket meførte en turne til Stockholm, København,
Skotland og Canada. Hendes kunstværker taler til mennesker overalt
med deres venlige og direkte sprog.
Ennica is challenging her brothers Lawrence and Taguma. Not to
outdo them, but because she (as well as her sister, Netsai) feels very
strongly that women of Zimbabwe should show the world that they
have a lot to express about human lives and conditions, expressions
of traditional beliefs as well as important issues of today’s world.
Ennica is a very lively and humorous person, and in 2004 she won
the price Woman Artist of the Year, which brought her to Stockholm,
Copenhagen, Scotland and Canada. Her pieces of art talk to people
everywhere with their kind and direct message – she has the distinctive
Mukomberanwa style, but in her very special own way.
1577
Mother And Child
Opal
26 × 82 × 48 cm
800 € / 6.000 Kr
1763
Mother And Daughter
Cobalt
117 × 112 × 14 cm
3.950 € / 29.500 Kr

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Netsai Mukomberanwa
Netsai er skolelærer for små børn, og hver eftermiddag skaber hun
sine skulpturer på familiefarmen i Ruwa. Hun har klart udtrykt
sin ambition om at nå de samme kunstneriske højder som sine brødre
– og i sidste ende sin far, Nicholas Mukomberanwa.
I begyndelsen skabte hun mindre figurer, runde formationer, hvor
mennesker holder om hinanden som familie eller to søstre, der er ved
at forcere en flod og holder hovedet oven vande. I den sidste tid har
hun vovet sig ind på at skabe større skulpturer – og har bevist sin evne
til at beherske formen og udtrykket, ligesom resten af hendes familie.
Netsai is a primary school teacher, and every afternoon she carves
sculptures at the family studio in Ruwa. And she has clearly expressed
her will – as a woman – to rise to artistic levels alongside her
brothers and eventually their father, Nicholas Mukomberanwa. She
and Ennica are natural rivals to their brothers, Lawrence and Taguma.
Netsai used to create small ball–shaped figures of two or more persons
holding each other, a family, or two girls holding hands while crossing
a river and holding their heads high, and then recently she has grown
out of herself, now doing sculptures, which leave this strict form and
express themselves freely to the world – and I am sure also expresses
herself more than before
1778
My Beautiful Woman
Serpentine
17 × 23 × 24 cm
350 € / 2.600 Kr
1991
Lullaby
Serpentine
21 × 27 × 35 cm
450 € / 3.350 Kr

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Godfrey Kututwa
Godfrey blev født i 1967 i Nyanga – i det østlige højland i Zimbabwe
– et utroligt smukt landskab.
Fra fødselen kunne Godfrey ikke høre ret godt, og har derfor heller
ikke kunnet udvikle et talesprog. “Jeg taler gennem mine skulpturer
til verden”.
Godfrey har udviklet en stærk og udadvendt stil, hvor dyr og mennesker
ofte tager sig godt af hinanden.
I alle hans kunstværker fornemmer du denne tagen sig af hinanden,
som du også mærker når du møder denne store kunstner.
Han har besøgt England og Holland som kunstner og underviser på
udstillinger og workshops.
Godfrey was born in 1967 in Nyanga – that is the eastern highland
of Zimbabwe – a most beautiful natural landscape.
From birth Godfrey cannot hear very much and so he has not
developed a spoken language.
“I speak through my sculptures to the world.”
Godfrey has developed a strong and outward going style, where
animals and human beings interact, or you just experience animals
comforting each other. In all his pieces, you recognize the personal
need of people comforting each other – as you always sense in the
nearness of this great artist.
He has visited England and the Netherlands as an artist and a teacher.
2307
Human And Bird Spirit
Opal
46 × 33× 20 cm
600 € / 4.500 Kr
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Enos Gunja
1237
Magic Man
Serpentine
64 × 22 × 36 cm
550 € / 4.100 Kr
2010
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Sympathectic
Opal
52 × 20 × 23 cm
650 € / 4.850 Kr
Enos Gunja, som bor i Guruve (tre timers kørsel nordvest for Harare),
er en stærk personlighed, hvilket også fremgår af hans skulpturer.
Som 1. generations skulptør nyder han den største respekt fra sine
billedhuggerkolleger i det zimbabweanske kunstnermiljø. Dette viser
sig hver gang han holder tale, når kunstnerne er samlet ved Friends
Forevers arrangementer i Ruwa.
Stærke muskuløse mænd, som ofte gemmer noget i hænderne på
ryggen, er fulde af historier, ligesom Enos selv. Ikke blot en mester
skulptør, men også historiefortæller og digter, Gunja er et livligt bekendtskab.
Lyt til dette digt af ham:
“The Eye of a Sculptor”
What an eagle eye!
The eye that never misses anything.
The eye that sees anything hidden by our ancestors
In that raw stone.
What an X–ray eye!
The eye that penetrates right inside the
stone and brings out that wonderful sculpture
which is now seen by our ordinary eyes.
Oh! What a wonderful eye!
The eye that sees as if the figure is
wrapped in a transparent material.
Oh! What a wonderful eye
The eye of a sculptor.
Enos Gunja, February 1997
Enos Gunja is a strong personality, which you may experience
in his sculptures as well as in his life. As a 1st generation
sculptor, he enjoys the greatest respect from his fellow artists
in the Zimbabwean Sculpture Community, as witnessed, when
he speaks at the Friends Forever Presentations of exhibitions in
Ruwa. The strong, muscular bodies of men, who are often holding
something in their hands behind the back, are full of stories as
is the master himself. Not only a master sculptor but also a story
teller and poet, Enos Gunja is a lively acquaintance. Just listen to
this poem of his:
“The Eye of a Sculptor”
What an eagle eye!
The eye that never misses anything.
The eye that sees anything hidden by our ancestors
In that raw stone.
What an X–ray eye!
The eye that penetrates right inside the
stone and brings out that wonderful sculpture
which is now seen by our ordinary eyes.
Oh! What a wonderful eye!
The eye that sees as if the figure is
wrapped in a transparent material.
Oh! What a wonderful eye
The eye of a sculptor.
Enos Gunja, February 1997

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Ephraim Chaurika
2028
Dancing Horse
Serpentine
25× 9 × 15 cm
325 € / 2.425 Kr
“
Jeg ser heste, der leger som får på marken….” Ephraim voksede
op på en farm, hvor de flammende næsebor og det rullende hvide
i øjnene på hestene ikke gjorde ham bange. Ephraim bragte hestene
ind i stalden fra indhegningen.
I mange år arbejdede Chaurika i Tengenenge. Han er et eksempel på
den type kunstner, der bliver ved med at udforske nogle få temaer –
stolte heste, dansende heste, stenens skønhed kombineret med dyrets
elegante træk, udtrykkets venlighed, aldrig to ens, altid nye og hver for
sig enestående kunstværker.
Idag arbejder Chaurika på sin farm i Guruve.
“
I see horses which play like lambs in the field...”
Ephraim Chaurika was brought up on a farm where the flaming
nostrils and the rolling whites of the eyes of the horse caused him no
fear. The Madzimu Bulls with the heads of baroque gargoyles, speak of
the Minotaur and the bull as myth. Ephraim brought the horse and the
bull into the farmyard from the paddock, into the pen and the stable
from thewilderness.
For many years Ephraim worked from the Tengenenge Sculpture
Community. If his life changed through the broader consequences of
the war, his sculpture did not. His horses are a proud display.
Ephraim Chaurika is an example of that kind of artist, who keep on
exploring the possibilities in a few themes - proud horses, dancing
horses, the beauty of the stone combined with the elegant features of
the animal, and the friendliness of the expression - not two of them the
same, always new and genuine pieces of art.
Ephraim is one of the first generation artists. Ephraim currently works
from his home and farm in Guruve, where also Enos Gunja lives and
works.
2029
Dancing Horse
Opal
21 × 7 × 12 cm
225 € / 1.675 Kr

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Sylvester Mubayi
1276
Sylvester er en af den første generations legendariske kunstnere.
Hans “indgang” til skulpturverdenen var et tilfælde. 25 år gammel
løb han ind i Tom Blomefield udenfor The National Gallery i Harare.
Tom havde ladet fuld af skulpturer til at udstille på galleriet, og de
fangede omgående Sylvesters blik. Kvikt nok spurgte han Tom om et
job, og blev inviteret til Tengenenge. Indenfor et år udviste han så
meget talent, at Frank McEwen tilbød ham en uddannelse på Galleriets
kunstskole. I 1969 vandt han en pris i Durban, Sydafrika.
Sylvester har en klar næsten klassisk stil i sine skupturer, som ofte har
udtryk og forbindelse til de traditionelle overbevisninger.
Han skaber måske en skulptur hvor et menneskes hoved er erstattet af
en fugl, fordi fuglen er bindeled mellem mennesket og dets forfædre.
Sylvester arbejder idag i Chitungwiza, ligesom sine 1. generations kolleger,
Fanizani og Chiwawa.
Sylvester Mubayi is one of the legendary 1st generation sculptors of
the Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture history.
His entrance into sculpting was quite by accident. 25 years old, he
“ran” into Tom Blomefield outside the National Gallery in Harare. Tom
had come with his truck full of sculptures for the Gallery, and they
immediately attracted Sylvester’s interest. He was bold enough to ask
Tom for a job, and was invited to come to Tengenenge to try his talent
for sculpting. Within only a year Sylvester proved his great talent and
then left for Harare to join Frank McEwen’s art school at the Gallery.
Already in 1969, he won an award at an exhibition in Durban, South
Africa.
Sylvester has a distinct almost classical style in his sculptures, and they
are often connected to traditional beliefs.
Especially often you will see him creating persons with a bird for a
head, or maybe it is just a bird on the shoulder, anyway, he will tell
you, the bird is a messenger from the other side, bringing news to the
family from a member, who may have died recently.
Sylvester is a great storyteller and well-known for his large knowledge
of traditional tales and beliefs, which he eagerly explains to you.
He works near Fanizani Akuda and Edward Chiwawa in Chitungwiza,
the workers’ suburb south of Harare.
He is exhibited in numerous exhibitions in many countries since
1967.
Lovers
Verdite
24 × 30 × 16 cm
500 € / 3.750 Kr

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Fungayi Mwatowa
Født 1968 i Chimanimani. Fungayi var lærling hos Joram Mariga,
ofte omtalt som stenskulpturens fader i Zimbabwe. Han har specialiseret
sig i meget hårde sten som verdite, leopard rock, lepidiolite
og rød jasper. Han foretrækker sten med en strålende farvepragt – og
er Friends Forevers ekspert i disse sjældne sten.
Born in 1968 in Chimanimani, Fungayi Mwarowa was apprenticed
to the late Joram Mariga. He works on hard stones and realizes
new possibilities for stone sculpture in verdite, leopard rock and granite.
He is foremost among Zimbabwean sculptors searching for new
stones to use. He prefers stones with a startling aesthetic presence that
suits his imagery and subject matter.
Mwarowa wishes his work to be accepted primarily as good sculpture
but also as an expression of his own life and culture. He spent many
years at Chapungu sculpture Park, and is admired for his ability with
the hardest stones, and for his patience and understanding when conducting
workshops.
2050
Planned Family
Lepidolite
46 × 33× 13 cm
400 € / 2.975 Kr
25

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Wonder Luke
2244
Wonder Luke bor i nærheden af Tengenenge, og her skaber han
sine fabelagtige hoveder, måske en blind høvding, en smart
dame, et hoved med hanekam, en tjenestepige, allesammen hoveder
og ansigte som er umiskendeligt Wonder Luke, klare i udtryk og stil
– som fanger dit blik og din forestillingsevne.
Wonder Luke lives near Tengenenge and works from there, creating
his fantastic heads of Chinese queens, somebody holding
his or her head in the hand, and so on. His art is of the type, where
you explore the same subject matter again and again. And always in
a new strong way – faces and heads expressing themselves in a very
outspoken style, which captures your imagination.
2177
Thinking Child
Opal
24 × 40× 34 cm
550 € / 4.100 Kr
Smiling Blind Lady
Opal
28 × 20× 26 cm
300 € / 2.250 Kr

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Cragemia Chiwawa
Den unge Cragemia Chiwawa, søn af Edward Chiwawa, er Mike
Munyaradzi’s assistant og elev.
The young Cragemia Chiwawa, son of Edward Chiwawa, is Mike
Munyaradzi’s assistant and apprentice
2052
Meditation
Opal
112 × 58× 41 cm
1.500 € / 11.175 Kr

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Tendai Mukomberanwa
Guest Artist
1337
Svimmer
Springstone
20 x 25 x 5 cm
275 € / 2.050 Kr
Regis Mushawatu
Guest Artist
2306
Lover Birds
Springstone
42 × 19× 16 cm
275 € / 2.050 Kr
Factor Zira
Guest Artist
2306
Butterfly
Cobalt
117 × 87× 30 cm
1.550 € / 11.550 Kr
2299
Looking into Tomorrow
Springstone
30 × 17× 16 cm
125 € / 950 Kr
2302
Obedient Dog
Springstone
35 × 18× 18 cm
200 € / 1.500 Kr

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