painters-from-zimbabwe

"I paint people because figuration is a better vehicle for my ideas and is more accessible to the viewer, especially in Zimbabwe. I use my art to re-create the world on my own terms; taboos become exposed and the hidden is given prominence. In my work, women are more than just powerless beasts of burden and the male body becomes objectified for the delight of the voyeur. In this world there is no black and white but it is full of everything in between'"

"The act of using collage is helpful as a reminder of the fragility of the human condition."

"In essence, the exhibition is about me… trying to find myself in these images. A lot of the people in the photographs are not people I was close to, you know, growing up. But they sort of played a role in influencing the way I think."

"I allowed myself to learn from them instead of imposing ideas of how I wanted Zimbabwe to be."

"The beauty of being a child of the diaspora is that we are able to reinvent ourselves and what it means to be African."