Exhibition: ‘Serpentine Gallery’

For 60 years, the Shona art of Zimbabwean sculptors has made its mark on contemporary art with its modernity and spontaneity. Hervé Maury paints a poetic and lively bestiary, combining materials, textures, and emotion.

Description

For 60 years, the ZIMBABWEAN SCULPTORS movement has been considered an essential element in contemporary art. Currently, several artists from Zimbabwe are among the most renowned sculptors in the world. Better known since its origins as Shona art, this art form intrigues and captivates with the modernity of the works on display. It is African art, but contemporary art, spontaneous art with no reference to ancestral tradition.

HERVÉ MAURY paints animals as one would paint landscapes or portraits, creating living natures that are funny and seductive in their apparent simplicity. Pigments and other materials blend together, movements and reliefs spring forth, capturing a special moment on each canvas. The artist turns his enchanted bestiary into a family complicit in a daily quest for exoticism and absolute poetry.

Environnements

• Town location
• In centre of town
• Pedestrian area

Tarifs

Free entry.

Période d'ouverture

From 27/06 to 08/07/2026.

Langues parlées

• French

Localisation

Animaux

Animaux acceptés : Non