GZU exhibits at National Gallery of Zim

Zim Now Writer

The Masvingo-based Great Zimbabwe University’s Department of Technical Education is holding its second annual national art exhibition at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.

The exhibition, which began on March 23 and ends on May 1, is being held under the theme: “Unlocking the Interfaces”.

Exhibition coordinator in the GZU Art and Design Department, Dr Dairai Darlington Dziwa confirmed the development.

The faculty’s dean, Professor Munyaradzi Manyanga, officially opened the exhibition where the guest of honour was National Gallery of Zimbabwe Director for the Southern region, Matabeleland South and North, Silenkosi Moyo.

Dziwa said the exhibition will mainly revolve around gender issues such as gender balance, gender abuse, gender identity and social issues like holding on to heritage among others.

“The show has begun and we are excited. The event will also look on other aspects as economic issues and Covid-19. Several provocative artworks are being showcased which will generate critical consciousness and constructive dialogue to many contemporary issues affecting the world today.

“The way participants see the world will never be the same again. Some of the paintings were done by oil, watercolour, acrylic, multimedia, metal sculptures and print graphic design. Bulawayo’s Founder’s High School and Kadoma’s Jameson High are already here and we are expecting more High schools with art subjects to attend the exhibition,” said Dziwa.

GZU’s Department of Technical Education is under the Robert Mugabe School of Heritage and Education.