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Stone Sculpture

Zimbabwe’s Stone Sculpture – a Journey

I chanced upon some examples of the stone sculpture of Zimbabwe during a visit to an exhibition held at Ingatestone Hall in Essex. Set against the typically English lush prettiness of the gardens of the Hall, they appeared imposing, elemental, strangely out of place.

I introduced myself to Vivienne Prince, owner of Zimsculpt, the exhibiting company, and over the following two weeks a plan was formulated for me to travel to Zimbabwe to take photographs for a book to be published by Zimsculpt.

I arrived in Harare and took up residence at Hay Hill, which housed the Zimsculpt gallery. My brief was to photograph the sculptures, their creators and the extraordinary journey of these pieces of stone to homes and galleries throughout the world.

Sylvester Mubayi greeted me with no show of enthusiasm.

�What are you going to pay me?�
�Nothing. My photographs will promote you and your work.�
�No photos of me have ever done me any good.�

It was an inauspicious start, but I humoured him with selfish intent. My aim was to get pictures of him and I was not going to give up easily. It was only when I was doing supplementary research for this article that I discovered that this somewhat grumpy man was one of the founding fathers of the modern Zimbabwean stone sculpture movement. He had been a member of Tom Bloomfield’s Tenenege Community; he had helped establish Frank McEwan’s Vukutu Sculpture Workshop and he is now an �Invited Artist� at Chapungu Sculpture Park. These three institutions were, and are, crucibles of the art.

Michael Shepard of The Sunday Telegraph, in his review of a one-man exhibition held by Sylvester Mubayi at the Frances Kyle Gallery in London said, “Now that Henry Moore is dead, who is the greatest living stone sculptor? Were I to choose, I would choose from three Zimbabwean sculptors – Sylvester Mubayi, Nicholas Mukomberanwa and Joseph Ndandarika”.

Sylvester is a giant, but you wouldn’t know it from his surroundings. He lives in a simple four-roomed house in a township on the outskirts of Harare, surrounded by the brood of AIDS-orphan relatives he looks after. His ancient, battered car is parked in the street; there is no driveway. His studio, adjoining the house, is chaotic.

He cracked open a beer.

�I met the Queen Mother. I was invited to her garden party at Buckingham Palace. I said to her, ‘I have enjoyed having tea at your place. Why don’t you come to Harare and have tea with me?’ She laughed and said it sounded like a good idea.�

He loves telling this story. He loves telling me that he has traveled; the implication is that it is all very well that I should visit him in his country, but he has been to mine, and many others beside.

He is proud of his work and his life; he is proud of his farm in the country, where he husbands cattle and chickens, and which he visits once a year, to make sure it is being looked after properly.

Joe Mutasa, college-educated, ex-PR man, expansive and charming, offered me refreshments. They arrived, two bottles of Coke, resplendent on a silver tray. Joe does things properly.

He showed me around his house, a comfortable middle-class home in one of Harare’ better suburbs. It is not grand, but it is all a reasonable man might aspire to – a well-tended garden, a new Mercedes Benz in the driveway, an orderly studio with four apprentices and a daughter who is a straight-A student. She wants to be a brain surgeon and this lofty ambition is made entirely possible by her father’s success.

The studio is a hive of purposeful endeavour. Joe is a traditionalist in that he dos not use power tools. He ponders the shape of a raw piece of stone, draws the outline of his concept on it in charcoal and leaves his apprentices to chip away with hammer and chisel until the work has reached the point when he will take over and finish it. His style is deceptively simple, his pieces are timeless in their grace and elegance.

Like Sylvester, Joe has achieved international renown. His work has been exhibited in the USA, Germany, Kenya, South Africa and Australia. He is one of the small club of Zimbabwean artists who are able to name their price. No haggling for Joe. He knows his worth.

Joe was introduced to sculpture by his older brother, Gregory, who is also successful, but whose approach to his art is, in contrast to that of his brother, frankly commercial. Gregory’s work consists almost entirely of variations on the theme of his �Bathing Sheba�. Sheba is shown over and over again, washing her long hair. Sometimes kneeling, sometimes standing, executed in different types of stone, but always the same figure. Gregory says laconically when asked why he does not vary his subject, �They sell.�

Over the six months of my assignment I met many sculptors, and some of them, like Sam Mabeu, became firm friends. Sam is one of the new talents to emerge in the movement and even though he is still comparatively young, his work has been promoted in the United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa and the United States. It was with Sam that I traveled to Guruwe to see how the stone is mined and it was by watching Sam at work, day after hot dreamy day under the trees at Hay Hill, that I gained an understanding and appreciation of processes and skill that go into carving the stone. And it was through Sam, his sisters and his mother and his friends, like Lovemore, mechanic par excellence, that I came to appreciate the gentle generous way of life of the people of Zimbabwe.

As the English summer approached, Viv completed her purchasing for her exhibition season and the time came to pack for the long journey north.

The chosen sculptures were at last gathered together on Zimsculpt’s lawn.

These pieces of stone had been mined out of the ground using only sweat, muscle and the simplest of tools. They had been carried from their birthing-place over pot-holed tracks in a vehicles invariably held together by a prayer and infinite ingenuity (spare parts are not easy to come by in Zimbabwe). They had slowly been brought to their present form with careful thought, inspiration, labour and technical skill. They had been sanded, heated, waxed, polished and buffed. Some of them had been the subject of furious argument and debate over their value.

Now, packing cases had to be custom-made for each individual piece. They were padded and wrapped and hauled into the container. Viv locked the door. It was time to go.

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    Description: IPARZ01602, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004. A stone sculpture is polished to perfect smoothness with sandpaper and water. Stone, sculpture, art, Africa.Athol Rheeder/South
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    Description: IPARZ03125, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004. Stone sculpture by Cloudius Muhombe - "Climbing Lizards". Stone, sculpture, art, Africa.Athol Rheeder/South
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    Title: Washing the stone
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    Description: IPARZ00813, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004. Stone sculpture: "Tired Drummer" by Jonathan Mhondorohuma. Stone, sculpture, art, Africa.Athol Rheeder/South
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    Description: IPARZ02633, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004. Stone sculpture: "Women in Solidarity" by Lincon Muteta. Stone, sculpture, art, Africa.Athol Rheeder/South
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    Description: IPARZ06014, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004. Stone sculpture: "Family Secrets" by Tafung Bonjisi. Stone, sculpture, art, Africa.Athol Rheeder/South
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    Image Number: APN38022
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Athol Rheeder
    Description: IPARZ01302, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004. "One More Step Into the Future" by Norbert Shamuyarira. Stone, sculpture, art, Africa.Athol Rheeder/South
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    Image Number: APN38028
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Athol Rheeder
    Description: IPARZ02618, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004. Stone sculpture: "Discussion" by Sylvester Mubayi. Stone, sculpture, art, Africa.Athol Rheeder/South
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    Description: IPARZ08531, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004. A fortunate few sculptors can afford the power tools necessary to work the harder stones like verdite and leopard stone. Stone, sculpture, art, Africa.Athol Rheeder/South
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    Image Number: APN38034
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    Description: IPARZ02720, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004. Stone sculpture: "Fish" by Luxon Gutsa. Stone, sculpture, art, Africa.Athol Rheeder/South
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    Description: IPARZ02914, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004. Stone sculpture: "Lovers" by Richard Rosani. Stone, sculpture, art, Africa.Athol Rheeder/South
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    Country: Zimbabwe
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PRIVACY POLICY

THIS PRIVACY POLICY (“POLICY”) GOVERNS THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BY AFRICA MEDIA ONLINE IN CONNECTION WITH AFRICA MEDIA ONLINE’S ARCHIVE WEBSITE (“WEBSITE”) LOCATED AT [https://african.pictures/]. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS SUBJECT TO THIS POLICY. BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR CONSENT TO PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

AFRICA MEDIA ONLINE MAY AMEND THIS POLICY AT ANY TIME. AMENDED TERMS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON THE POSTING OF THE REVISED POLICY AND ANY SUBSEQUENT ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO THE WEBSITE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH AMENDED TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY TERM IN THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

This Agreement was last revised on 31-03-2020.
Enquiries: Kate Dearlove

  1. PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
    1. Subject to consent, Africa Media Online collects, stores and uses information from Archive Content Subjects (persons whose personal information is determined from the digitisation or digital processing of records belonging to Africa Media Online) for the following purposes:
      1. to compile and maintain an archive for Africa Media Online,
      2. to be published in marketing and communications materials, including but not limited to, school magazines, brochures, newsletters and published photographs on the Website or otherwise,
      3. to provide the Archive Content Subjects with direct marketing communications regarding Africa Media Online’s activities and news.
    2. We collect Personal Information from the following persons:
      1. natural persons over 18,
      2. natural persons under 18 with the consent of a competent person,
      3. juristic persons such as companies duly represented by a representative,
      4. people who send enquiries or requests to our contact email address.
    3. Categories of persons listed in clause 1.4 may include Website Users and Archive Content Subjects and in certain instances persons may categorised as both.
    4. Africa Media Online may also automatically collect and store non-personally identifiable information from Your use of the Website.
    5. Africa Media Online may collect the following personal information from Website Users:
      1. name,
      2. surname,
      3. username and password,
      4. job description,
      5. organisation name,
      6. organisation type,
      7. organisation URL,
      8. email address,
      9. telephone number,
      10. mobile telephone number,
      11. facsimile number,
      12. address,
      13. city and province,
      14. postal code,
      15. country,
      16. type of organisation,
      17. the market the organisation serves,
      18. non-personal browsing habits and click patterns,
      19. IP address,
      20. purchasing information and buying patterns,
      21. any additional information necessary to deliver our services,
      22. details of responses to Your enquiries and any online communications between us and You, and
      23. any information provided to us by You.
    6. Africa Media Online may collect the following personal information from Archive Content Subjects: 1.8.1 name,
      1. name,
      2. surname,
      3. date of birth,
      4. age,
      5. gender,
      6. race,
      7. language,
      8. culture,
      9. physical health,
      10. ethnic origin,
      11. education information,
      12. religion,
      13. disability,
      14. marital status,
      15. pregnancy,
      16. mental health,
      17. biometric information,
      18. location information,
      19. employment history,
      20. personal opinions, views or preferences,
      21. The views or opinions of another individual about the person;
      22. videos recordings,
      23. audio recordings,
      24. manuscripts,
      25. photographs, and
      26. any additional information that can form part of the archive of Africa Media Online.
    7. We may use cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information such as the pages You visit or the information You request. The Website hosting agents and/or service providers may automatically log Your “IP address” which is a unique identifier for Your computer and/or other access device. Such information collected is for aggregate purposes only.
  2. CONSENT TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
    1. If You are a Website User, You consent to the processing of Your Personal Information specifically including (i) to greet the User when he/she accesses the Website, (ii) to inform the Website User of facts relating to his/her access and use of the Website as well as to assist with problems, (iii) to provide the Website User with access to the Website and the associated Website services, (iv) to provide the Website User with direct marketing communications regarding Africa Media Online’s activities and news, and/or (v) to compile non-personal statistical information about browsing habits, click-patterns and access to the Website.
    2. If You are an Archive Content Subject, You consent to the processing of Your Personal Information specifically including (i) to compile and maintain an archive for Africa Media Online, (ii) to be published in marketing and communications materials, including but not limited to, school magazines, brochures, newsletters and published photographs on the Website or otherwise, and/or (iii) to provide the You with direct marketing communications regarding Africa Media Online’s activities and news.
    3. The processing of Your Personal Information shall include the collection, receipt, recording, organisation, collation, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, alteration, consultation, use; dissemination by means of transmission, distribution or making available in any other form; or merging, linking, as well as blocking, degradation, erasure or destruction of information.
    4. By using our Website, You represent that You are of the age of 18 or older or that you have necessary authorisation from a competent person and that you consent to Your Personal Information to be processed by Africa Media Online.
    5. You expressly consent to Africa Media Online retaining Your Personal Information once Your relationship with Africa Media Online has been terminated for: aggregate, statistical, reporting and historical purposes.
    6. In the event that You wish to revoke all consent pertaining to Your Personal Information and/or You would like Africa Media Online to remove and/or delete Your Personal Information entirely, You may contact Africa Media Online via email to [pictures@africamediaonline.com]
  3. HANDLING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
    1. Africa Media Online endeavours to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to Africa Media Online pertaining to information and communications privacy including, but not limited to, the 1996 South African Constitution and the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“the Act”). Africa Media Online applies the principles of protection of Personal Information under such Act and further legislation referred to in the Act.
    2. Africa Media Online seeks to ensure the quality, accuracy and confidentiality of Personal Information in its possession. You warrant that all personal information supplied by You is both true and correct at the time of provision. In the event of any aspect of Your personal information changing post submission, it is Your responsibility to immediately notify Africa Media Online of the said changes by email to Kate Dearlove. You agree to indemnify and hold Africa Media Online, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and suppliers harmless from and against any claims, damages, actions and liabilities including without limitation, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of Africa Media Online’s reliance on Your personal information should Your personal information contain any errors or inaccuracies.
    3. You warrant that You have the authority, permissions and consents to provide Africa Media Online with any third party information submitted to Africa Media Online.
    4. Africa Media Online will take all reasonable measures in order to ensure Your Personal Information is appropriately safeguarded, these precautions include, but are not limited to: access control mechanisms via username and password, and software protection for information for security.
    5. Should an unauthorised person/s gain access to Your Personal Information Africa Media Online will contact You within a reasonable time to inform You of such access.
    6. Africa Media Online may share Your PersonaI Information with authorised third parties such as service providers to Africa Media Online. These include, but are not limited to digital archiving service providers. Africa Media Online does not permit these parties to use such information for any other purpose than to perform the services that Africa Media Online has instructed them to provide. All processing is compatible with such purpose.
    7. Africa Media Online may appoint certain agents, third parties and/or service providers which operate outside the borders of the Republic of South Africa. In these circumstances Africa Media Online will be required to transmit Your Personal Information outside South Africa. The purpose of the trans-border transfer of Your Personal Information may include, but is not limited to: data hosting and storage. You expressly consent to the trans-border flow of Your Personal Information.
    8. The Website may contain links to other websites. Africa Media Online is not responsible for the privacy practices of such third party websites.
  4. RECORDS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
    1. Records relating to the provision of Africa Media Online products and/or services by Africa Media Online to You and the Personal Information submitted by You is retained for publication on the Website and/or to provide you with the Website services.
    2. Such records may be required to be retained in terms of legislated records retention requirements, Africa Media Online’ operational purposes and/or for production as evidence by Africa Media Online in legal proceedings.
    3. In terms of Section 14(2) of the Act records of personal information may be retained for periods in excess of those contemplated in 4.1 for historical purposes. Africa Media Online warrants that appropriate safeguards are in place to prevent the records being used for any other purpose.
    4. Africa Media Online may disclose Your Personal Information under the following circumstances: 4.4.1 To comply with the law or with legal process;
      1. To protect and defend Africa Media Online’s rights, equipment, facilities and other property;
      2. To protect Africa Media Online against misuse or unauthorised use of the Website and/or products and/or services; and/or
      3. To protect other Website Users or third parties affected negatively by Your actions in use of the products/services and/or the Website.
  5. ACCEPTABLE USE
    In connection with the Digital Archive Material (as made available through the Website) You agree that:

    1. No Item containing the image of or reference to a person is to be used for a purpose other than for which rights are granted by Africa Media Online, without prior express written permission of Africa Media Online.
    2. Only a single digital copy of an Item may be stored on a single computer, hard drive, or any other storage device, and that that copy may not be duplicated in any way whatsoever, except for a single backup copy which may only be used in the event of the original being deleted, lost, or irreparably damaged.
    3. Once the Item has been used for the purpose for which use rights were granted, all copies of the Item must be deleted, apart from where it forms part of the archive of what was published.
  6. OBJECTIONS, COMPLAINTS AND QUERIES
    1. Should You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, require a correction to be made to Your Personal Information that Africa Media Online keeps on record, request a copy of the record itself, lodge an objection to the collection, Use or processing of Your Personal Information by Africa Media Online, or delete Your personally identifiable information, you may send an e-mail to [pictures@africamediaonline.com]
    2. There may be instances where we cannot grant You access to the Personal Information we hold. We may need to refuse access if granting access would interfere with the privacy of others or if it would result in a breach of confidentiality. Should this be the case, we will give You written reasons for any refusal.

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