Square Chikwanda

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Square Chikwanda (born 1972) is a Zimbabwean sculptor, living and working in Harare, Zimbabwe. He first learned his art from his father, also a Zimbabwean sculptor.

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Short Biography

Born in Mvurwi, Chikwanda moved to the Tengenenge Sculpture Community with his father at the age of seven. [1] There his father taught him at an early age to wash and polish stone. He finished primary school and learned the art of sculpture to become a full-time artist at the age of thirteen, developing his own style. At the Community he had several students, of whom Jonathan Mhondorohuma became a good friend. In 1993 he left the community to work in Harare at the Chapungu Sculpture Park. At this Park, Chikwanda continued expanding his artistic know-how, which made him one of the leading Harare sculptors. Chikwanda now (2006) works on his own in Chitungwiza, a Harare suburb. [2] His work has been exhibited worldwide.

Style

Chikwanda's sculptures deal mostly with portraits and animals e.g. "Blind Portrait", [3] Berlin, Germany or "Hippo", [4] Tengenenge, Zimbabwe. His figures are generally very square and stylised : arms, legs and fingers are often square and show hard lines; noses have knife sharp edges. His sculptures remind indeed the art-deco figures of the 1930-1940 and are always polished to a high degree of perfection.[ citation needed ] He uses local Zimbabawean stone, including springstone. [5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ -, "Contemporary Master Sculptors of Zimbabwe", Ruwa, Zimbabwe 2007, p.57; ISBN   978-0-7974-3527-8
  2. ↑ -, "Meister Bildhauer aus Simbabwe", Art Center Berlin Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, Germany, Oktober – Dezember 2006, p.24-27 (catalogue)
  3. ↑ Square Chikwanda, "Blind Portrait", Springstone, 55 cm x 14 cm x 23 cm.
  4. ↑ Square Chikwanda, "Hippo", Springstone, 18 cm × 31 cm × 33 cm.
  5. ↑ "'Collection of Sculptures'" (PDF). mangiacane.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.

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