Anno di pubblicazione 1967
Autore Frank McEwen, Photography: Sylvia Beck
Editore National Gallery of Rhodesia
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This book documents the origin and development, between 1957 and 1967, of the African Workshop School, a unique art initiative founded by Frank McEwen, then director of the National Gallery of Rhodesia in Salisbury. It celebrates the spontaneous rise of a powerful stone sculpture movement led by self-taught Shona artists deeply rooted in spiritual beliefs, mythology, and the natural landscape.
The book includes:
• The history of the gallery and the school,
• The aesthetic and symbolic principles of the movement,
• Profiles of key artists (Ndandarika, Matemera, Lemon Moses, Takawira, etc.),
• A rich photographic gallery of emblematic sculptures.
Overall, it presents a compelling vision of a renaissance of authentic African art, free from Western academic traditions, and highlights the universal value of creation rooted in local culture and ancestral spirituality.
Collezione : Books and documents on contemporary stone sculpture in Zimbabwe