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Picket Mazhindu Bumhira'Me and My Family' original stone Shona sculpture by Picket Mazhindu Bumhira2004
2004
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'Me and My Family' is an original opal serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Picket Mazhindu Bumhira. Family groupings like this are a beloved theme seen in the works of the Shona sculptors of Zimbabwe, which make a contemporary image while looking back to traditional compositional ideas from across the African continent. For example, sculptures like this look northward to the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria: the palace of the King of Ikere would often be decorated with sculptures featuring the queen, king, and their children in a hierarchy of scale to demonstrate their relationships to each other and to their subjects (compare with Art Institute of Chicago 1984.550). The figures in Picket's sculpture are likewise ambiguous and stylized, and are arranged using a similar hierarchy of scale with the matriarch towering over her children below. At the same time, the curving bodies and downcast eyes of the figures emphasizes familial trust and adoration. Thusly, sculptures like this present a vision of family structure and unity for people who, like many, find family indispensable.
opal stone (serpentine)
49 x 14 x 8.5 inches
175 lbs
signed "Picket Maz" on reverse along base
Overall good condition; some scratches on the reverse.
With a hole drilled in the base to accommodate a steel support rod.
Picket Mazhindu Bumhira was born 1968 in the Seke communal lands near Harare, Zimbabwe. Picket had a passion for art from childhood and during his school days he loved drawing and painting. He was very inspired by sculpture of the late John Takawira, one of Zimbabwe's first generation of Shona sculptors, whom he met and worked with for a time when Picket went to Chapungu. Later he started to sculpt on his own and went on to teach his younger brother Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira. Some of his works made the headlines in the newspapers, including "Spirit of Love," which was exhibited in Victoria Falls during Arts Gala. He has exhibited in the UK and in Germany and was among the sculptors who went to China for an exhibition at the Poverty Reduction Summit. Picket likes working on springstone and opal and especially enjoys making abstracts.
- Creator:Picket Mazhindu Bumhira (Shona, Zimbabwean)
- Creation Year:2004
- Dimensions:Height: 49 in (124.46 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)Depth: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
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- Condition:Overall good condition; some scratches on the reverse.
- Gallery Location:Milwaukee, WI
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