The passing of a loved one is dealt with in a myriad of ways. In 2012, right before the artist Admire Kamudzengerere was to travel home to Harare, Zimbabwe, his father passed. The death of his father inspired the artist to search for his father's image in his own features by glancing into a mirror before drawing, fast and dark monotype self portraits on post-it notes and on phone books from Harare. Each phone book drawing was created with earth and oil, recalling how Kamudzengerere's father told him that when he arrives in a new place he should drink a little bit of earth in the water in order to become part of that place.Kamudzengerere is one of four artists who will represent Zimbabwe at the upcoming 2017 Venice Biennale. The portraits appear in small and large scale installations titled, Unmasking, Open Line and Registrar, currently on view in I am gonna…you. Till you run., Kamudzengerere's solo exhibition of works on paper at Catinca Tabacaru Gallery.Continue reading on Creators.
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