ArtHARARE artists general election results… a collaborative artwork!!
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ART WINS!!!!….a collaborative artwork wins the artists general election, as, in a telling twist, clever Richard Mudariki turns the election results themselves into an art collaboration…
There is no individual winner after all…….we all collaborate to contribute to the bigger picture… such a perceptive piece and a refreshing departure from the worldwide cult of political power and macho maneuvering that we are confronted with daily….
and fantastic Limited edition Art Election posters are available to purchase, as you’ll see in the previous link, so that you can own an inspiring artwork and also embrace a sobering reminder of the need to escape the “Animal Farm” plot, with skewed election results enabling certain all-powerful individuals or creeds to dominate….
As a small taste of the varied posters available, here’s a great poster from Wilfred Timire..
Wilfred Timire posterWilfred Timire bio
And a Moffat Takadiwa poster available…
Moffat Takadiwa posterMoffat Takadiwa bio
plus my Vote Goat poster, (inspired by the very same Animal Farm book by George Orwell that plots a salutary lesson for aspiring democracies worldwide… better to be a goat in the farmyard than a pig I think….)
Lin Barrie posterLin Barrie bio
VOTE GOAT is what I say-
vote for your personal greatest of all time artist,
Lin Barrie
The Save Valley Conservancy stretches along the upper reaches of the great Save River in the south east of Zimbabwe. The Gonarezhou National Park laps against the southern banks of the Save River and between these two nestles the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve. These three celebrated wildlife areas form part of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, (GLTFCA)- a unique wilderness jewel which is home to the “Big Five” (endangered Black and White rhinos, elephants, buffalo, lion, leopard) and the ”Little Six” (Klipspringer, Suni, Duiker, Steenbok, Sharpe's Grysbok and Oribi). Endangered African wild dogs, Cheetah, Brown hyena, Bat-eared foxes and a host of special birds and plants contribute to the immense variety of this ecosystem. Communities around the GLTFCA contribute to innovative partnerships with National Parks and the private sector, forming a sound base on which to manage social, economic and environmental issues.
This is home to artist and writer Lin Barrie and her life partner, conservationist Clive Stockil.
Expressing her hopes, fears and love for this special ecosystem with oil paints on canvas, Lin Barrie believes that the essence of a landscape, person or animal, can only truly be captured by direct observation.
Lin Barrie states: “Through my art, and my writing, I feel an intimate connection with the natural world, and from my extensive field sketches of wild animals, people and landscapes, I create larger works on canvas.
Lin's work is in various public and private collections in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Australia, England, Canada, Sweden and the United States of America. She is represented by galleries in South Africa, Zimbabwe, England, Kenya and Florida, USA.
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