Darius Mutamba (born 1991), is a Zimbabwean conceptual visual artist, curator, journalist, and photojournalist. He is a journalist who has worked as a photojournalist for local news papers ''Daily News'', ''Daily News on Sunday'', and ''The Weekend Post''. He also works as a production assistant for ''The Financial Gazette''.
Controversy
In the month of June 2016 Mutamba curated a controversial photography exhibition in
Harare
Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...
entitled ''Object of Desire'' which focused on the
nude human form. In support of his work he comments that nudity expresses "our common and universal element as humans." In 2014, his work ''Silent Voices'', a collection of 15
black and white
Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey. It is also known as greyscale in technical settings.
Media
The history of various visual media began with black and white, ...
photographs on canvas depicting Zimbabwean children, was exhibited at the
Harare International Festival of the Arts
The Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) is one of Africa's largest international arts festivals. Established in 1999 by Manuel Bagorro the festival takes place each year in late April or early May in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. T ...
.
References
External links
Darius Mutamba at Talenthouse
Zimbabwean photographers
Zimbabwean artists
1991 births
Living people
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