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9781779272614
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English
Poids de l'ouvrage
23 Mo
Shaping Up is more personal and intimate than the author's previous works. The poems and images reflect a period while he was living outside of Zimbabwe, in South Africa. The immigrant experience gives the work a more personal, closed, abstracted feel driven by loneliness of the exilitic condition. Living in the element, uninhibited and careless can help deal with confounding, controversial issues more easily, this theme can be dissected from the drawings to do with sex, sexuality and gender issues. The line breaks, whirls, thins out, sometimes is bold, sometimes is barely there, thus the drawings straddle the tenuousness of time and life.
Publié par
Date de parution
31 août 2021
EAN13
9781779272614
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
23 Mo
previous works, the poems and images reflect a period while he was living outside of Zimbabwe, in South Africa. The immigrant experience gives the work a more personal, closed, abstractetd feel driven by loneliness of the exilitic condition. Living in the element, uninhibited and careless can help deal with confounding, controversial issues more easily, this theme can be dissected from the drawings to do with sex, sexuality and gender issues. The line
there, thus the drawings straddle the tenuousness of time and life.
mentor, thinker, literary artist, visual artist and musical artist with over 40 books published. He writes in English and Shona. His
over 30 countries, and translated into Spanish, Shona, Serbian, Arabic, Bengali, Tamil, Macedonian, Albanian, Hungarian, Russian, Romanian, French and German.
Shaping Up Shaping Up
Art drawings, Essays, Poetry & Interpretations - 2017-2019 -
TENDAI RINOS MWANAKA
Shaping Up Art drawings, Essays, Poetry and Interpretations 2017-2019 Tendai Rinos Mwanaka
Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, Chitungwiza Zimbabwe *Creativity, Wisdom and Beauty i
Publisher: Mmap Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd24 Svosve Road, Zengeza 1 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe mwanaka@yahoo.comwww.africanbookscollective.com/publishers/mwanaka-media-and-publishinghttps://facebook.com/MwanakaMediaAndPublishing/Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective orders@africanbookscollective.comwww.africanbookscollective.comISBN: 978-1-77925-580-8 EAN: 978-1-77925-580-8 © Tendai Rinos Mwanaka 2021 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or be stored in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher DISCLAIMER All views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views ofMmap.
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Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………viii Vessels of Dreams (artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………...1Vessels of Dreams (Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………..2 We are: the vessels of dreams(poem): Smeetha Bhoumik (India)…3 sail past today(poem): Riak Marial Riak (South Sudan)………………….4 SHATERRED HOPE(poem): Jonathan Isah (Nigeria)…………………5 VESSEL OF DREAMS(poem): Prosper Kavunika (Zimbabwe)……6You are a vessel of dreams(poem): Cosmas Shoko (Zimbabwe)….7The Dreamed Body(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………..8 The Dreamed Body(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………..9 You stand in my dreams like Kilimanjaro(poem): Obbina Chilekezi..10Park Bench Dreams(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………11 Park Bench Dreams(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………..12 Park Bench Life(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………13Park Bench Life(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………14 Spaghetti Road Dreams(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………15Spaghetti Road Dreams (Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……..16 Wings in the Wind(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………..17Wings in the Wind(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………….18 TO THE WIND(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………..19 Crossing(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………………21Crossing(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………..22 An Eye for Sky(poem): Smeetha Bhoumik…………………………………23 Exit(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………………………..24Exit(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………………….25Waiting for the Humans(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………….26 Waiting for the Humans(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …….27Taking up Arms(poem):Cleave Fortizo (Zimbabwe)…………………..28
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Untitled(poem):Maria Manuel Menezes (Sao Tome and Principe/Portugal)………………………………………………………………………..29 Let’s allow love to shine(poem): Obinna Chilekezi………………………30 The Big Five and 2(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………..32 The Big Five and 2(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………….33Horse Racing(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………34 Horse Racing(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………35The Policeman’s Dog(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………….36 The Policeman’s Dog(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………..37shadow animal(poem translated by Don Cellini): Ingrid Bringas (Mexico)................................................................................................38 The Irony(poem): Roberto de Khalifa Kenya)……………………………..39 Hyena’s Shape Shift(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………40 Hyena’s Shape Shift(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………41THE HYENA IN ME(poem): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………….42 Feeder and Feeding(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………..44Feeder and Feeding(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………45Letting the dead bury the dead(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …..46Letting the dead bury the dead(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………………………………………………………………………………47Untitled(poem): Mitchelle M. Mhaka (Zimbabwe)……………………..48 A Flower Zimbabwe as Much Loved(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………………………………………………………………………………50A Flower Zimbabwe as Much Loved(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………………………………………………………………51Sekelgrass’s View(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………..52Sekelgrass’s View(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………….53He Cries(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………………54He Cries(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………..55BEING AN ORPHAN(essay): Saleh Clarissa (Kenya)…………………56What I Saw(poem): Smeetha Bhoumik……………………………………….58
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Collecting Alms(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………60Collecting Alms(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………….61MINHA MÃE MARIA ou JOSEFADomingos Cupa (poema): (Angola)……………………………………………………………………………………62MY MOTHER MARIA or JOSEFA(poem) Domingos Cupa......63My Life(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………………65My Life(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………66My Life(poem): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………………….67Lost in words(poem): Nnane Ntube (Cameroon).............................71Sentimental Synonyms (poem): Gabriel Awuah Mainoo (Ghana)…73A world of words(poem): Tanyaradzwa Rebecca Kwerengwe (Zimbabwe)………………………………………………………………………………74 Writer’s Couch(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………..76Writer’s Couch(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………..77Connections that bind!(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………..78Connections that bind!(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………..79IT'S STILL HELD AT DAWN(poem): Lawal Mutalib Tunde (Nigeria)................................................................................................80kNot-tiedEcalpar Nayika (South Africa)...................82(poem): Andile Sex(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………………………..83Sex(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………………..84Lovers(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………………………85Lovers(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………..86The Broken Pitcherpoem): Jonathan Isah (Nigeria)……………………87The Lovemakers(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………….88The Lovemakers(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………89Lovers’ Trophy(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………90Lovers’ Trophy(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………91The Penisist(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………….92The Penisist(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………..93The All-Knowing Sperm(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………….94
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The All-Knowing Sperm(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………..95Below Every Woman Lies(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………..96Below Every Woman Lies(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……97Drinking your heart out(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………….98Drinking your heart out(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……….99Woman Smarts(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………100Woman Smarts(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………101Is that a petal or a rose?(poem): Munya G Bopoto (Zimbabwe)…102She opens like 808(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………….103She opens like 808(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………1041-9(poem): Tendai Rinos Mwanaka…………………………………………….105 She Glows(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………………108She Glows(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………109Dolphin Mind(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………110Dolphin Mind(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………….111Hapti-Dots(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………………112Hapti-Dots(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………..113Human curves, lines, residues…(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …..114Human curves, lines, residues…(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………………………………………………………………………..115African mother(poem): Archie Swanson………………………………….116Muti Une Ndebvu(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………..117Muti Une Ndebvu(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………….118The Impossibility of Choosing to Live(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………………………………………………………………………….119The Impossibility of Choosing to Live(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………………………………………………………………120The Things That Make Us Human(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………………………………………………………………………………………..121The Things That Make Us Human(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………………………………………………………………………122
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Human noises(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………123Human noises(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………124The Praying Mantissa(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………..125The Praying Mantissa(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………..126Noah’s Basket Dilemmas(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………….127Noah’s Basket Dilemmas(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …..128The Fire mouth beast(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ………………..129The Fire mouth beast(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ………..130Impossible Boundaries(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………….131Impossible Boundaries(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……..132Satellites(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………………133Satellites(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………134Outer Space Visitor(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka …………………135Outer Space Visitor(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka …………..136Planet and Galaxies ordering(artwork): Tendai R Mwanaka ….137Planet and Galaxies ordering(Interpretation): Tendai R Mwanaka ……………………………………………………………………………………………..138Mmap Multidisciplinary Series…………………………………………139
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Introduction As I noted in my first collection of drawings, that came out a couple of years ago asDrawing Without Licence, in the introduction note, I touched on my artistic practice, “I started doing these drawings without knowing whether I was any good in the field, and so I took the Amateur’s stand, doing things because you just love doing them and doing them without any approval or acknowledgement or grooming and trying to develop as you go through the activity. I do not ask permission to society, the art institutions, ideologues, cultures…, to create the way I choose in these artworks. I am not looking for this approval thus I can do whatever I feel like doing without worrying about what the experts in the field would say or think about them, without respect for institutions or ideologies, or generally, rules.” It is with this amatuer stand I continue inShaping Upmy artistic practise and artwork. Though its not the focus of this collection of drawings but the supernatural is still very much one of the haunts, as I noted inDrawing Without Licence, “I have realized I have been unconsciously probing, in most of the drawings in this collection, the realms of supernatural, wondrous, superstitious, sometimes weirdly; ghouls, animals, constellations, plants, people, beings; by inviting our connection to the infinite through specific moments of transcendence and the everyday wonder of life on earth.” Shaping Upis more personal and intimate, in that what I was going through that period became the focus of my drawings. I was living in South Africa and living outside your country of origin gives your artwork that personal, closed, abstracted feel driven by loneliness of the exilitic condition. You are living in the element, and you tend to have an uninhibited and careless attitude and can deal with confounding, controversial issues easily, as can be dissected from my drawings to do with sex, sexuality and gender issues. The line breaks, whirls, thins out,
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sometimes its bold, sometimes its barely there, thus the drawings straddles the tenousnous of time and life. InShaping Up, just like inDrawing Without Licence, I explored a gamut of issues to do with memory, relationships, consciousness, orientation, constellations, connection, anger, hurt, loss, issues to do with our humanity, and the human noise we are always making. I also experimented with spiral drawings, line drawings, abstracts, sketches, haptics, repair, cracks, with symbolism, figurative, impressionism, imagism, surrealism, expressionism etc, with graphite pencil, colour pencils, watercolours, pen and ink.” What I have realized from all the anthologies I have done is the lack of poems, stories, essays that grapples with visual art from especially African writers I have published, so I decided to interest the poets and writers to respond to my drawings with written pieces to each artwork, as best as they could. This plays at the heart of my art practice, the multidisciplinary and collaborative nature of my practice, which I also noted inDrawing Without Licence,work as an artist takes the “My multidisciplinary and collaborative approach as I use a lot of art mediums to explore my ideas, including painting, photography, drawings, video, installation, the literary field, and the sound/musical fields, and I am always on the open to work around any of these. I want my drawings to be musical graphite sound-fields: always vibrating, always oscillating, always melodic. I want to create multi-voiced assertions and hesitations, yet my work has to be full of silences, noises, voids, ghosts, residues, and remainders.” Art is supposed to tackle things that we don’t say...things deep down our psyche. Art might hurt but it’s always truthful. Art is art...there is nothing above, below, behind, ahead of it. As an artist I believe there is no other thinker inside me or outside me!
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