Large Bending Torso by Clever Kangadzi
Weight: 127kg
Genre: Female
Stone type: Opaline
Sculptor Information
Clever Kangadzi was born in a rural area in Chiweshe. He attended School in Bare Secondary and finished his “O” level in 1997.
Clever started stone carving in 1998 working as an assistant to Euparty Majengwa. He worked with him for one year. In 1999 Clever started working on his own at the Tengenenge Sculpture Community. Euparty Majengwa his art teacher gave him assistance to move from Tengenenge to Harare and they started working together. Clever started stone sculpting because he had a creative mind and even at school, he was very good at art subjects. Clever’s sculpture was similar to that of his teacher Euparty Majengwa and he developed his own styles.
Clever worked very hard to achieve everything that was possibly worth achieving in life, as art itself has already changed the lives of many of his fellow artists. His preferred working medium was springstone and opal stones.
Clever died in a car accident on the 15th November 2008.
Clever started stone carving in 1998 working as an assistant to Euparty Majengwa. He worked with him for one year. In 1999 Clever started working on his own at the Tengenenge Sculpture Community. Euparty Majengwa his art teacher gave him assistance to move from Tengenenge to Harare and they started working together. Clever started stone sculpting because he had a creative mind and even at school, he was very good at art subjects. Clever’s sculpture was similar to that of his teacher Euparty Majengwa and he developed his own styles.
Clever worked very hard to achieve everything that was possibly worth achieving in life, as art itself has already changed the lives of many of his fellow artists. His preferred working medium was springstone and opal stones.
Clever died in a car accident on the 15th November 2008.
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