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Sylvester Mubayi
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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