Zimbabwe meltdown from street to gallery
Gareth Nyandori has been rewarded for large-scale paintings that use his technique of kuchekacheka
Zimbabwean-born multimedia artist Gareth Nyandoro is making waves in the art world and this has been recognised in the awarding of the 2016’s Financial Times-Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices award to him. He has a solo exhibition on at Smac Gallery In Cape Town. It is informed by his observation of commercial activities in Zimbabwe, where unemployment is at 90% and the informal sector provides an income for the majority of people. Every day, thousands of people sell all kinds of goods on the streets of Harare and other urban spaces, from second-hand clothing to medicines. This seemingly ordinary activity has not escaped the keen eye and sharp mind of Nyandoro, who has captured their commercial activities on canvas. Entitled Ipapo-Ipapop, this is his first solo exhibition in SA and his first with Smac Gallery. His new body of work comprises large-scale paintings and installations, both performative and static, that use his unique technique of kuchekacheka. This method involves inking...
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