Heritage Art Gallery

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Unique, Hand-Made, Contemporary Stone Sculptures; Wood Carvings; Paintings; Gastone Copper Frames and Art Frames from Zimbabwe.

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8/07/2010

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Shona sculpture is perhaps the most important new art form to emerge from Africa in this century.’
—Newsweek, New York

‘It is extraordinary to think that of the ten leading sculpture carvers in the world, perhaps five come from one single African tribe, the Shona. These marvelous Shona sculptors from Zimbabwe speak for Africa but they also speak for us all; they restore a dignity to art which it is in danger of losing.’
— The ‘Sunday Telegraph’ art critic

‘Now that Henry Moore is dead, who is the greatest stone carver in the world. In my experience there are three outstanding contenders. And all three come from Zimbabwe.’
— Michael Shepherd, Art Review

‘...unlike art found in much of the rest of Africa, Shona sculpture ... has become a wholly indigenous modern art form created exclusively as a form of artistic expression.’
—New York Times, New York

‘Picasso was an admirer of early Shona sculpture; now evidence is surfacing that he was influenced by it, too.’
—Town & Country Magazine, London

‘The world's best unrecognized sculptors.’
—The Economist, London

‘This is the birth of a great national art, capable of speaking about the whole of Creation, from personal and family to the world of spirit, soul and self. It is a thrilling adventure of contemporary art.’
—Arts Review, London

‘During the past decade, Zimbabwe Shona Sculpture has become the most collected form of African art. It has found it’s way into important repositories such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Rodin Museum, and into the homes of the Rockefellers, the Prince of Wales and Sir Richard Attenborough.’
—The Oregonian

‘If the perfection of art is measured purely by emotional expressive power, then this art is beyond perfection.’
—West Indian World

‘This art has meaning. This art is imbued with extraordinary, intense spirituality. It will get in you and work on you forever.’
—Frank McEwan, First Director, National Gallery of Zimbabwe

These marvellous Shona sculptors from Zimbabwe … speak for Africa, but they also speak for us all; they restore a dignity to art which it is in danger of losing.
—The Sunday Telegraph, London

This is the birth of a great national art, capable of speaking about the whole of creation, from personal and family feeling to the world of spirits, soul and self. It is a thrilling adventure of contemporary art.
—Irish Sunday Independent, Dublin

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