Chapungu Sculpture Park

Wild Seed Pod by Arthur Fata , a sculpture from Chapungu, now on display in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town , South Africa.

The Chapungu Sculpture Park is a sculpture garden in Msasa, Harare , Zimbabwe. It was founded in 1970 by Roy Guthrie. You can see stone sculptures by sculptors from Zimbabwe.

International reception

The sculptures are shown on loan in botanical gardens, among others in:

• 1998: New Hamburg Botanical Garden , Hamburg, Germany
• 1999: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden , Cape Town, South Africa
• 2000: Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew , London, United Kingdom,
• 2001: Missouri Botanical Garden , St Louis, USA
• 2001: Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park , Superior, USA
• 2002: Red Butte Garden and Arboretum , Salt Lake City, USA
• 2003: Garfield Park Conservatory , Chicago, USA
• 2003: Chicago Botanic Garden , Chicago USA
• 2004: Denver Botanic Gardens , Denver, USA

Exhibited artists (selection)

• Dominic Benhura
• Colleen Madamombe
• Eddie Masaya
• Bernard Matemera
• Sylvester Mubayi
• Nicholas Mukomberanwa
• Henry Munyaradzi

See also

• Shona sculptures

Web links

• African Art Promotions Inc .: Chapungu Sculpture Park . Web presence at www.chapungusculpturepark.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Institute for General Botany and Botanical Garden (Hamburg): Stone sculptures from Zimbabwe: Botanical Garden of the University of Hamburg, Germany, 1998 in collaboration with Chapungu Sculpture Park, Harare - Zimbabwe . Hamburg 1998
2. ↑ German National Bibliography : bibliographic evidence
3. ^ Roy Guthrie, Jerry Hardman-Jones: Chapungu. custom and legend; a culture in stone; Royal Botanic Gardens Kew London, May 24th 2000 - October 15th 2000 . Chapungu Sculpture Park, Harare 2000, 136 pp.
4. ↑ Gateway Bavaria: bibliographic evidence

Coordinates: 17 ° 50 ′ 37.3 ″  S , 31 ° 7 ′ 15 ″  E