LOCAL award-winning visual artist Munyaradzi Mugorosa has bemoaned how the country’s political atmosphere has led to the misinterpretation of his art works.
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO
Mugorosa told NewsDay he was now worried that the development was likely to affect his career.
“Most of my works are interpretations from social life in general. However, they may not be understood easily by some individuals because of their symbolic elements and my artistic way of viewing things,” he said.
Mugorosa said lack of proper markets and appreciation of art by locals has also affected business.
“As visual artistes, we’re struggling to survive through our artistic talent due to lack of markets, which then forces us to undervalue our products to bogus buyers who then fetch more when they resell them abroad,” he said.
Mugorosa said authorities must support visual arts for artistes to be able to access loans to boost their work.
Top stand-up comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has also lamented how the country’s tense political and social climate has limited the source of jokes.
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Ncube is on record saying comics have now been forced to be more versatile and creative if they are to live off their laughter.
He said it was now almost taboo to make jokes out of the country’s leadership.
“I am sure you know that we come from a very unique position being in Zimbabwe. There are certain things that we can’t talk about and joke about,” Ncube said.
Bulawayo artist Owen Maseko was arrested in March 2010 after opening an exhibition showing an artist’s impression of the Gukurahundi atrocities of the mid-1980s at the National Gallery in Bulawayo.
