Tapfuma Gutsa
Tapfuma Gutsa (2010) Tapfuma Gutsa (born 1956) is a Zimbabwean stone sculptor.
Also recorded as Tapfuma Gusta
Tapfuma Gutsa
Tapfuma Gutsa · National Gallery of Zimbabwe · Email from the National Gallery of Zimbabwe · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Tapfuma Gutsa
- Born
- 1956
- Birthplace
- Harare
- Education
- City and Guilds of London Art School
- Occupation
- sculptor, installation artist
- Nationality
- Zimbabwe
- Fields
- art of sculpture
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• Name — Tapfuma Gutsa • Born — 1956 • Birthplace — Harare • Citizenship — Zimbabwe • Education — City and Guilds of London Art School • Occupation — sculptor, installation artist • Era — 1985 - 2011 • Website — http: www.tapfumagutsa.com/ • Illustration — Genesis by Tapfuma Gutsa (2010) Tapfuma Gutsa (born 1956) is a Zimbabwean stone sculptor.
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Tapfuma Gutsa (born 1956) is recorded as an artist and sculptor. Tapfuma Gutsa was born in 1956.
Background
Background
A native of Harare, Gutsa studied sculpture with Cornelius Manguma at the Driefontein Mission School, 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. 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. 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. His winning sculpture at the Nedlaw exhibition, 1987, comprised smouldering grass engulfing a wooden bird. He is the cousin of Dominic Benhura, who studied with him. 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'.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1956
Tapfuma Gutsa born at Harare.
Awards
• 1987 Nedlaw award for sculpture, National Gallery of Zimbabwe
Tapfuma Gutsa, nehanda's Defiance
Tapfuma Gutsa · National Gallery of Zimbabwe · Email from the National Gallery of Zimbabwe
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- 1.Kundai Marunya. Meet Visual Artist, Tapfuma Gutsa. Harare News. 9 janvier 2015.
- 2.Ben Joosten, Sculptors from Zimbabwe. The first generation, Galerie de Strang, Dodewaard, 2001, 400 p. .
- 3.Raphaël Chikukwa (dir.), Seeing ourselves, Milan Brighton : Charta ; Roundhouse, 2012, 73 p. (catalogue d'une exposition tenue au pavillon du Zimbabwe dans le cadre de la Biennale de Venise du au et consacrée à quatre artistes : Tapfuma Gutsa, Calvin Dondo, Berry Bickle et Misheck Masamvu).
- 4.Zoe Whitley. 'Uncomfortable Truths', installation by various artists. Victoria and Albert Museum. 2007.
- 5.Wonder Guchu. Zimbabwe : Gutsa in Slave Trade Exhibition. The Herald (Zimbabwe) The Herald consulté. 5 juin 2007.
- 6.Notice de Tapfuma Gutsa. Le Delarge.
- 7.Zimbabwe heritage 1987, Harare : National Gallery of Zimbabwe. 1987.
- 8.Reviewed Work(s): Contemporary African Artists: Changing Tradition. African Arts. UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center. 25. 1. 1992. 3337018 .
- 9.Notice de Tapfuma Gutsa. artnet.
- 10.Notice de Tapfuma Gutsa. artsy.net.
- 11.Exposants de la Biennale de Venise 2011. e-venise.com.
- 12.Raphael Chikukwa (dir.), Visions of Zimbabwe : artists, Berry Bickle, David Brazier, Chikonzero Chazunguza, Calvin Dondo, Tapfuma Gutsa, Michele Mathison, Chaz Maviyane-Davies, Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, Alice Tavaya, Voti Thebe, Manchester Art Gallery, 2004, 79 p. (catalogue de l'exposition présentée à Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery du au ).
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Visions of Zimbabwe. Manchester Art Gallery. 2005.
- Zimbabwe stone sculpture: the second generation. Chapungu Sculpture Park. 1994.
- Life in stone: Zimbabwean sculpture; birth of a contemporary art form. Baobab Books. 1992.
- Tiné. Christopher. Gutsa, Fapfuma. Anthony Appiah et Henry Louis Gates. Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. 2010. 9780195337709. 1392 pages. 545. oui.
- Stone sculpture in Zimbabwe: context, content and form. Roblaw Publishers. 1991.
- Contemporary African artists : changing tradition : El Anatsui, Youssouf Bath, Ablade Glover, Tapfuma Gutsa, Rosemary Karuga, Souleymane Keita, Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Henry Munyaradzi, Bruce Onobrakpeya. Studio Museum in Harlem. 1990. 9780942949032.
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