Catinca Tabacaru New York is presenting Zimbabwean artist Terrence Musekiwa’s first American solo show, Standing on the line, not being on either side. Musekiwa’s found-object assemblages feature the artist`s signature heads carved from stones. The exhibition is open through Dec 3, 2017. The Shona people have been carving stone for over a thousand years. Terrence Musekiwa comes from a long lineage of this ancient tradition, himself shaping soap stones since the age of five, assisting his father to produce trinkets in animal form for tourists. Now 26 years old, the sculptor holds a degree from The School of The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, and recently completed the Tiroche DeLeon Residency in Tel Aviv. Musekiwa lends power and motion to obsolete materials. With bare hands and simple tools - the hammer, the chisel, a saw - he gives life and humor to brooms, forks and helmets. He laboriously shapes stone, sometimes t
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