Tag: Sculpture

INTERVIEW| Isaac Choloka Breathes the Family Spirit into New Sculpture
Culture, Sculpture

INTERVIEW| Isaac Choloka Breathes the Family Spirit into New Sculpture

INTERVIEW| Isaac Choloka Breathes the Family Spirit into New Sculpture I want the family spirit revived because that's what gives us society. That's what builds a nation. Everything stands or falls around the health of our family ties – Isaac Choloka, Sculptor at Chitungwiza Arts Centre By Mukoma Onai | September 2025 ONAI MUSHAVA (OM): Do you start with a picture in your head or a stone in your hand? ISAAC CHOLOKA (IC): It happens both ways. Sometimes, you have a picture in your head before you get the stone. Sometimes you get the stone, and the stone tells you where to go. Usually, when you begin with a sculpture in your head and go out to look for the stone, that art may be challenging. Because the stone you get may not break down to form. This is different from ...
“Mawonero/Umbono” Questions Accepted Truths about Zimbabwean Art History
Books, History, Sculpture

“Mawonero/Umbono” Questions Accepted Truths about Zimbabwean Art History

"Mawonero/Umbono" Questions Accepted Truths about Zimbabwean Art History Mawonero” is Shona for “perspective,” while “umbono” is the Ndebele equivalent. Insider perspectives on Zimbabwean art by Raphael Chikukwa, Doreen Sibanda, Zvikomborero Mandangu, Tashinga Matindike-Gondo and Farai Chabata make up the new publication. While there has been no shortage of material on Zimbabwe’s visual arts sector, the contributors attempt an exclusively Zimbabwean joint feat and generously upload representative artworks into their narrative. By Onai Mushava | October 17, 2015 Book: Mawonero/UmbonoEdited by Ignatius MabasaPublisher: Kerber Verlag (2015)ISBN: 978-3-86678-937-1 Zimbabwe’s earliest patriarchs were masters of art. The keynote symbols of our national identity are drawn f...