Tapfuma Gutsa
Tapfuma Gutsa | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) |
| Citizenship | Zimbabwe |
| Alma mater | City and Guilds of London Art School |
| Occupations | sculptor, installation artist |
| Era | 1985 - 2011 |
| Website | http://www.tapfumagutsa.com/ |
Tapfuma Gutsa (born 1956) is a Zimbabwean stone sculptor.[1][2][3]
Background
[edit]A native of Harare, Gutsa studied sculpture with Cornelius Manguma at the Driefontein Mission School,[4] later becoming the first Zimbabwean recipient of a British Council award. His sculptures draw on Shona cultural traditions as well as Western influences, such as Pablo Picasso.[5] The scholarship allowed him to study in London from 1982 until 1985, where he received a diploma in sculpture from City and Guilds of London Art School.[6][7]
Gutsa is unusual among Zimbabwean stone sculptors for the breadth of materials he uses in his work; his sculptures incorporate metal, paper, wood, and other foreign materials.[8][9][10] His winning sculpture at the Nedlaw exhibition, 1987, comprised smouldering grass engulfing a wooden bird.[11] He is the cousin of Dominic Benhura, who studied with him.[citation needed]
In 2007, Gutsa was one of eleven international artists commissioned by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, to produce work for an exhibition titled 'Uncomfortable Truths: The Shadow of Slave Trading on Contemporary Art'.[12][13]
Awards
[edit]- 1987 Nedlaw award for sculpture, National Gallery of Zimbabwe[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Mawdsley, Joceline (1994). Zimbabwe stone sculpture: the second generation. Harare, Zimbabwe: Chapungu Sculpture Park.
- ↑ Stanislaus, Grace (1992). "Frozen spirit: Zimbabwean stone sculpture". Sculpture. 11 (1). Washington, DC: 44–47.
- ↑ Sultan, Olivier (1992). Life in stone: Zimbabwean sculpture; birth of a contemporary art form. Harare, Zimbabwe: Baobab Books.
- ↑ Marunya, Kundai (9 January 2015). "Meet Visual Artist, Tapfuma Gutsa". Harare News. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ↑ Appiah, Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa, Volume 2. Oxford University Press. p. 545. ISBN 9780195337709. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ↑ Winter-Irving, Celia (1991). Stone sculpture in Zimbabwe: context, content and form. Harare: Roblaw Publishers.
- ↑ Morton, Elizabeth (2013). "Patron and Artist in Zimbabwean Art". In Salami, Gitti; Visona, Monica Blackmun (eds.). A Companion to Modern African Art (Blackwell Companions to Art History). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 248–251. ISBN 9781444338379.
- ↑ Contemporary art in Zimbabwe. Amsterdam: Artoteek Amsterdam Zuidoost. 1998.
- ↑ Cousins, Jane (1991). "The making of Zimbabwean sculpture". Third Text; Third World Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture (13): 31–42.
- ↑ Chikukwa, Raphael (2005). Visions of Zimbabwe. Manchester: Manchester Art Gallery.
- 1 2 Zimbabwe heritage 1987. Harare, Zimbabwe: National Gallery of Zimbabwe. 1987.
- ↑ Whitley, Zoe (2007). "'Uncomfortable Truths', installation by various artists". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ↑ Guchu, Wonder (5 June 2007). "Zimbabwe: Gutsa in Slave Trade Exhibition". Zimbabwe Herald. Harare. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
External links
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- Bio
- Tapfuma Gutsa biography on Artnet
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