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Portia Zvavahera

Title

Portia Zvavahera / [editor: Elizabeth Gordon].

Author

Zvavahera, Portia, 1985-

Publication

New York, New York : David Zwirner Books, [2023]
©2023

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Description

158 pages : color illustrations; 29 x 25 cm

Summary

"In her paintings, Zvavahera gives form to emotions that manifest from other realms and dimensions beyond the domains of everyday life and thought. Her vivid imagery is rooted in the cornerstones of our earthly existence-life and death, pain and pleasure, isolation and connection, and love and loss. Zvavahera draws from a powerful visual vocabulary comprising women, her family, and shape-shifting animals, in scenes both metaphorical and fantastical. In several paintings she makes use of intricate patterns taken from her own floral or classical Zimbabwean designs. Her particular process of alternating painting and printing results in images that communicate complex emotions in a play of tension and release. The result is a deeply personal body of work that probes the nature of the human condition. As Zvavahera states, "It is me in the paintings.... I can only speak about myself."In addition to gorgeous reproductions of 24 paintings, including up-close details and installation views, this catalogue also features a new essay by Meredith Brown and an interview with the artist by Allie Biswas. This catalogue surveys work made since 2017."--

Uniform Title

Paintings. Selections

Alternative Title

Paintings.

Subject

Genre/Form

Catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Into the Greater Light / Meredith A. Brown -- The Milk of Dreams -- Ndakaoneswa murima -- Ndichasvika rinhi ndionekwe -- Ndakavata pasi ndikamutswa nekuti anonditsigira -- Portia Zvavahera and Allie Biswas in Conversation.

Call Number

Sc+ F 23-209

ISBN

1644230712
9781644230718

OCLC

1273672777

Author

Zvavahera, Portia, 1985- artist.

Title

Portia Zvavahera / [editor: Elizabeth Gordon].

Publisher

New York, New York : David Zwirner Books, [2023]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Subject

Black author.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Gordon, Elizabeth (Editor), editor.

Brown, Meredith A., writer of introduction.

Biswas, Allie, interviewer.

Research Call Number

Sc+ F 23-209

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