One of the world's largest and most diverse stone reserves is found in Zimbabwe. Shona art, an art movement born from this diversity, takes its name from the Shona tribe and has a history of 1000 years.

According to the Shona tribe's belief; The spirits of their ancestors and gods continue to live in the stones. Artists reveal these spirits when they carve the stones.

TO HUG Shona It is a work made of soapstone by the artist FARAI MUDHOKWANI in 2023.

The dimensions of the birds are approximately: 17x6x5 cm.

Artist Biography

Farai Mudhokwani was born in 1972 in Gwata village, Neguwo, Marondera region of Zimbabwe. He began his career in 1997 as an assistant sculptor to Jeffrey Chirume, washing and polishing his animal sculptures, which were mostly traditional depictions of elephants, rhinos and giraffes.

Later he developed his own naive, modern style.

Her work To Hug, in which two separate bird sculptures come together to form a hug, depicts the need for love and touch of all living things in nature.

You can watch the attached video to see the birds' separate states and their union.