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Lovemore Meya Arts Correspondent
The European Union and the National Gallery will jointly commemorate International Women’s Day with an exhibition titled “Woman at the Top”. Curated by Doreen Sibanda, the National Gallery of Zimbabwe’s executive director, the show runs from March 6 till month end.
The exhibition is progressive and seeks to inspire women to become more active, set objectives that drive them towards a stage that stands before the peak experience.
“Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth” were the words of Simone de Beauvior, a revered 20th century’s greatest philosopher.
The exhibition will thus challenge the world that man represents by exposing the female outlook.
And the “spiritus mundi” that prevails strongly amongst women through an unstoppable tide that turns and tosses the patriarchal ark on which this world is contained.
In light of this, the show is inclined to use visual art to express the message of success against every known odd such as tradition, location and sex to unveil the creative energy women have reclaimed over the years.
The visual art scene in Zimbabwe is blooming with talent and arguably most of the upcoming and proficient artists are women.
Most of these women artists have appealed on the international scene such as Agnes Nyanhongo, Marjorie Wallace, Semina Mpofu and Nyari Dhliwayo.
Doreen said: “It has been a long time since we turned our gaze exclusively to what women are doing in art in Zimbabwe. The number of female artists is few when compared to their male counterparts though several are managing to distinguish themselves at home and abroad”.
European Union Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Aldo Dell’ Ariccia said: “Women are excelling in the most diverse sectors of the Arts in Zimbabwe.
By sponsoring this exhibition, we seek to promote their artistic expression as a way to enrich the national cultural production.”
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