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Tapfuma Gutsa (born 1956) is a
Bio
* Tapfuma Gutsa biography on Artne
1956 births 20th-century Zimbabwean sculptors 21st-century Zimbabwean sculptors Living people Artists from Harare {{Zimbabwe-sculptor-stub
Tapfuma Gutsa (born 1956) is a Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...
an sculptor
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.
A native of Harare, Gutsa studied sculpture with Cornelius Manguma at the Driefontein Mission School, later becoming the first Zimbabwean recipient of a British Council
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award. The scholarship
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allowed him to study in London
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from 1982 until 1985, where he received a diploma
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in sculpture from City and Guilds of London Art School
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.
Gutsa is unusual among Zimbabwean stone sculptors for the breadth of materials he uses in his work; his sculptures incorporate metal
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, paper
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, wood
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, and other foreign materials. His winning sculpture at the Nedlaw exhibition, 1987, comprised smouldering grass engulfing a wooden bird. He is the cousin of Dominic Benhura, who studied with him; he has also been a mentor to many young artists including Fabian Madamombe.
In 2007, Gutsa was one of eleven international artists commissioned by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, to produce work for an exhibition titled 'Uncomfortable Truths: The Shadow of Slave Trading on Contemporary Art'.
Awards
* 1987 Nedlaw award for sculpture, National Gallery of ZimbabweReferences
External links
Bio
* Tapfuma Gutsa biography on Artne
1956 births 20th-century Zimbabwean sculptors 21st-century Zimbabwean sculptors Living people Artists from Harare {{Zimbabwe-sculptor-stub