By Tendai Marowa & Stanley Chideu
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Together Forever" is an opal sculpture created by Shona artists Tendai Marowa and Stanley Chideu. It depicts two figures permanently embraced with calm expressions on their faces.
19" x 10" x 5 1/2" sculpture
Shona artists and crafts people have been working in different media for generations. These include paintings, pottery, basket ware, wood carvings, and sculpture done in metal as well as the stone carvings. While there is not a long standing tradition of sculpture in what is now Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia), stone carvings dating from the 15th century were seen in Great Zimbabwe, an excavated temple near Bulawayo. Most of the artifacts from this location have been moved to museums in Cape Town, South Africa or London.
It is generally agreed that Zimbabwean stone sculpture...
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Early 2000s Tendai Marowa & Stanley Chideu Art