Water Molecule

£645

2011

Mixed media

  • 66cm (h)
  • 36cm (w)
  • 27cm (d)
Female sculptor Agnes Mupariwa from Zimbabwe with one of her sculptures

Agnes Mupariwa

Sculptor

Inspired by the water molecule – two small hydrogen atoms are bonded to each large oxygen atom in an original creation using a variety of different stones.

Agnes is at the forefront of women’s sculpture in Zimbabwe. She is keen to push the boundaries of what has traditionally been a male-dominated role. Female Zimbabwean sculptors in previous decades have concentrated on expressing a woman’s situation in traditional Shona culture (Colleen Madamombe would be the most famous example).

By contrast, Agnes forges ahead using the very male sphere of science and technology as her inspiration for some ground-breaking experimental work. She says she feels no compulsion to worry about the fact that she’s a woman, thereby creating artificial constraints on her own work.

The main material used is springstone, with added pieces of lepidolite, dolomite and verdite.

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