Dancers

Today's Featured Sculpture

Dancers by Chenjerai Chiripanyanga 

Weight: 154kg

Demensions: 121 x 64 x 33cm 

Genre: Abstract

Stone type: Springstone 

Sculptor information

One year after the successful exhibition of Chituwa Jemali and Denny Kanyemba that presented at the Chiefs and Spirits Gallerie with great pride and joy, one big sculptor talent out of Zimbabwe with the name of Chenjerai Chiripanyanga.

Chenjerai is 23 years old and has been doing work for the last 6 years as a professional sculptor in Harare. He participates in diverse exhibitions in Zimbabwe and won prizes for his work (one of them being the National Heritage Exhibition in 1992), and sells his work to very particular collectors over the whole world.

Chiripanyanga’s work is very emotional, actual and seldom political “Big” topics like Aid,s and he is not portraying Economical crises, but he is not scared to do little sculptures like the one with the sully policeman and his lovely wife forms a strong example of what he can do.

He also exhibits something different. Chenjerai is one the few Zimbabwean sculptors that does not stick to one type of stone. He uses a variety of stone types and wood and other things that he can use in his sculptures. Due to this he can work faster on his art pieces and then he can get rid of his art feelings faster too. Chenjerai is not just an outstanding sculptor, but he is also able to express his feelings in paint.

The exhibition in the gallery Chiefs & Spirits is Chenjerai’s first exhibition outside the borders of Zimbabwe. The exhibition gave a full overview of his talent. Besides his 40 sculptures from the period 1992 – 1994 that were on show, he also had his recent paintings and drawings there as well.

During the exhibition, Chenjerai was busy working in the gallery on sculptures and paintings. Approximately a thousand Zimbabwean stone was transported to Den Haag for this reason.