First in a series of three
I published two posts on Shona sculpture in February, 2018, dsicovering then that my archive had more images on the subject. I share some of these.
Shona sculpture makes evident for me the potential that art has to comfort, to heal and to encourage.
It is a folk art, coming from a community of artists in Zimbabwe. In the Western world art, it seems to me, tends toward pure form while the Shona artists remain in the human sphere – expressive, yes, surreal at times, but never far from the human realm.
Never far from the concerns of people, what affects their lives and most often, what ultimately touches humanity.
There is fertility …
There is misery …
There is support where it is needed …
There is ecstasy …
© Will
http://www.willwilltravel.wordpress.com
Les Semboules, Antibes / Bridgewater, Somerset West
February, 2022
See too: Shona Magic www;willwilltravel.wordpress.com 17. 2.2018 x 2
My photographs published by RotsWolk Publishers
And a world of dreams …