EC558

The Sun family

32kg

420x410x130

£1000

EC0573

Thinking about Tomorrow

31 kgs

480 x 200 x 190mm

£950

EDWARD CHIWAWA (1935 -

Born in Guruve district, about 150 kilometres north west of Harare in 1935 Chiwawa received neither formal education nor any training as an artist and for much of his early life he worked as a farm      labourer.

It was as a result of visiting his cousin, Henry Munyaradzi at      Tengenenge, the rural community of sculptors established in the mid 1960's in 1971 that Chiwawa was first introduced to stone   carving.

Chiwawa only stayed at Tengenenge for two years from 1971 until 1973.  Since 1973 he has lived and worked in Chitungwiza, about 20 kilometres from Harare.

Stylistically his work is closer to that of his cousin, Munyaradzi, than to the other, more typically, Tengenenge sculptors such as Bernard Matemera, or his neighbour in Chitungwiza Fanizani Akuda.  Most commonly his work involves the creation of a smooth, clean line - often gently rounded - into which is carved facial and other features, his sculpting technique essentially involves etching into the surface of the stone.  It is never allowed to intrude into or break up the initial shape created. His work is much influenced by the original shape of stone and his sculp

tures preserve rather than transform that original shape.

Since the early 1970's Chiwawa's work has    often featured in the various Tengenenge and other group exhibitions of Shona sculpture that have been held both within Zimbabwe and    internationally. He has also contributed work to several National Gallery of Zimbabwe annual exhibitions. Internationally his achievements  include being awarded first prize at the 7th     International Small Sculpture Exhibition,       Budapest, Hungary in

EC0174

Spirit Woman

197 kgs

1.060 x 440 x 280mm

£5500