Misheck Masamvu
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Misheck Masamvu (b. 1980, Penhalonga, Zimbabwe)
He initially specialized in the realist style, and later developed a more avant-garde expressionist mode of representation with dramatic and graphic brushstrokes.
His work explores and comments on the socio-political setting of post-independence Zimbabwe and draws attention to the impact of economic policies that sustain political mayhem. Masamvu raises questions and ideas around the state of ‘being’ and the preservation of dignity. His practice encompasses drawing, painting and sculpture.
He also has a passion for restoring old automobiles and legend has it that you can spot numerous cars that have had the Masamvu treatment driving through the streets of Zimbabwe’s capital of Harare.