Small pieces were a favorite theme for Henry. Ball Head, Flat Head, Moon Head, Sisal Head, etc. His smaller works were in high demand and sold immediately. Basicin design, perfect in execution , almost lifelike Munyaradzi’s work is apparently seamless and therefore deceptively simple. With unerring sleight of hand the sculptor tweaks his unforgiving material into compelling and disarming objects. Munyaradzi creates sculptural objects, which are so finely balanced between a connection with reality and an innate abstraction that they never cease to fascinate or to reward the viewer. Not quite real, not quite abstract; honoring the often recalcitrant material while giving it fresh form; delicate and at the same time paradoxically powerful; often small in scale but always monumental; constantly walking the treacherous tightrope between what is descriptive and mundane on the one hand, and what is imaginative and otherworldly on the other, these works have earned their place in the pantheon of classic twentieth century art. Munyaradzi’s work was singled out early on, as his extensive exhibition history testifies. His work was exhibited widely right up until the time of his death. He was at the forefront of a generation of now famous Zimbabwean sculptors, carving out a path in the art world for a vibrant second wave of artists. His work has been seen and loved around the world for three decades, as comfortable and appealing in Paris, as in New York, London, or Harare. His absence is acutely felt by artists and his public alike. But the one of Africa’s foremost modern artists remains ever present in his work.

Excellent

11 x 4 x 3 in

6 lb