|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Guruve promotes the very best in contemporary African art, with the most extensive collection of authentic original African art and sculpture in our online gallery with full artist biographies. Guruve are specialists and experts in contemporary stone sculpture from the Shona sculpture art movement of Zimbabwe; we also promote both world-famous and talented young artists from elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa who work in a wide range of media. We believe in doing business the right way. We have an extremely ethical business policy. We treat artists with the respect they deserve, building long-term relationships based on friendship and trust. We have given over £14,300 in donations and gifts to individual artists and to group associations and charities. Why not challenge other dealers to see if they can PROVE they do the same?
New 2012 selection of Zimbabwean Shona sculpture coming soon A new collection of wonderful works from Zimbabwe's finest contemporary sculptors has arrrived safely in the UK (phew!), and they will appear on the web gallery in March 2012. Particular highlights will be:
If you would like to see a preview of work by a particular artist, please contact us and we will send images to you before the gallery launch. 
Chris Ofili's first artworks using elephant dung discovered in Bulawayo In 1992, Chris Ofili participated in the British Council-funded Pachipamwe Workshop at Cyrene Mission outside Bulawayo. It was here that he discovered elephant dung, the material that became his trademark. The three works he produced at the artists' workshop were donated to the National Gallery in Bulawayo, where they have just been rediscovered - but are in urgent need of conservation as the dung has deteriorated somewhat! Read more about this fantastic story about the early influences of Zimbabwe on Turner Prize winner Chris Ofili on the Art Newspaper website. Guruve Exhibition at Exbury in 2012 Very exciting news - Guruve will be organising a major exhibition of Shona sculpture from Zimbabwe at Exbury Gardens in Hampshire for Spring and Summer 2012. Dates are yet to be finalised, but will be from around Easter through to mid-Summer. Exbury hosted a very successful exhibition of Shona sculpture in 2003 organised by the prestigious Chapungu gallery of Zimbabwe, and they are delighted to see the return of this amazing art form. Guruve is now on Facebook Guruve now has its own Facebook page where you can see a selection of videos and pictures of the African artists we promote. More being added all the time. Remember, if you like our site, you can express this by clicking on the Facebook 'Like' button in the navigation bar on the left hand side of the screen. Twins Seven Seven of Nigeria has passed away One of Nigeria's most respected artists, Twins Seven Seven passed away in June 2011 at the age of 67. A tribal chief and musician, he was a great character with a limitless imagination. In 2005 he was made a UNESCO Artist Ambassador. He will be greatly missed by all those with an interest in contemporary African art.
Guruve win a prize at Chelsea Flower Show We're delighted that we were awarded a Certificate of Merit for the outstanding presentation of our display of sculpture from Zimbabwe at the Chelsea Flower Show 2011. The RHS described our stand as 'beautiful' - high praise indeed! National recognition for Guruve's artists yet again! Rickson Zavare was one of three sculptors nominated for the prestigious National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) 2011. Unfortunately, he was not chosen as winner - for the second year in a row! Nevertheless, it's a tremendous achievement and maybe it will be third time lucky! Previous nominees include Rickson Zavare (2010), Washington Matafi (2009), Peter Gwisa (2009) and Ishmael Chitiyo (2008), and the competition was won by Boet Nyariri in 2010 and Onias Mupumha in 2008. Amazing private collection of genuine works by Shona master sculptors now available Click here to see the sculptures Guruve are honoured to announce that we have been selected to offer a large selection of sculptures by master sculptors of the Shona sculpture movement. These sculptures are from a private collection and have full provenance from artist to present. Opportunities to buy works by first-generation Shona artists do not come up very often! Artists in the collection include:Statement of intellectual property rights The content of www.guruve.com, including but not limited to text, photos and graphics, is protected by intellectual property rights and is owned by Guruve Ltd. You may download information from www.guruve.com for non-commercial research or your own personal use only. No copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of material contained in www.guruve.com will be permitted without our express permission. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of material from www.guruve.com, no changes in or deletion of author attribution shall be made. If permission is granted, it will be a non-negotiable condition that you display attribution of the material to guruve.com. No ownership rights are transferred by downloading copyright material. © Guruve Ltd 2008 Guruve specialises in zimbabwe sculpture, shona sculpture, zimbabwe art, african art, zimbabwe art sculpture, zimbabwe sculptures, verdite stone sculptures, springstone sculpture, african stone sculpture, african stone sculptures, african art sculpture, stone sculpture in africa, shona sculpture artists, zimbabwe artists, african artists, african sculpture, shona artists, shona art, sculpture exhibitions, art in zimbabwe, zimbabwean sculpture, zimbabwean sculptures, sculpture artist, stone sculptures, art of zimbabwe, zimbabwe art, art from zimbabwe, zimbabwe stone sculpture, zimbabwean art, shona stone sculpture, sculpture rock zimbabwe, zimbabwe art gallery |
|
