Kakoma Kweli, "Dancing Mask", 1993
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Kakoma Kweli, "Dancing Mask", 1993
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Kakoma Kweli
born in 1910, Angola
Lived and worked from about 1982 until his death 1995 in Tengenenge
Began his career as stone sculptor at the age of about 70 in the artists' colony Tengenenge in Zimbabwe
After only a few years he enjoyed great success in Zimbabwe and in foreign countries
Today he is regarded as one of the stylistic unusual sculptors of the "Second Generation"
Kakoma Kweli’s career as a sculptor did not take off until he was well past 70 – proof, if needed, that an artist may be old in years but young in art. He was 13 years living in the artist community Tengenenge in Zimbabwe. A former Likishi dancer from Angola with a pronounced sense of movement and tension, it is this sense of the proximity of sculpture and dance, the dominance of a specific form of physicality in time and space, that underlies his mastery. His angular sculptures are formally reduces segments of bodies animal and human, which he brings to life and, indeed, sometimes to dance with a few dynamic lines. Set in an open landscape, they appear as boulders, Kweli’s delicate balance between static and dynamic elements revealing itself only at close quarters.
1991 - Certificate of Excellence – Highly Commended Work, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
1992 - Award of Merit, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
1989 - Certificate of Excellence – Highly Commended Work, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2011 - "Steinskulpturen aus Zimbabwe" (Werke von 30 Bildhauern, u. a. Bernard Matemera, Henry Munyaradzi, Fanizani Akuda), Galerie Kühn, Lilienthal, Deutschland
2010 - Lumen-Gaia-Atlas, Architektuur, Kunst en Tuinen, Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen, Niederlande
2007 - Stichting KunstProefRoute, Horst an de Maas, Niederlande
2004 - „Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture. A Retrospective 1957 – 2004“, Pierre Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
2002 - „Spirit in Stone“, Westfalenpark, Dortmund, Deutschland
2001 - „A Tribute to Zimbabwian Artist“, Bettendorffsche Galerie, Gauangeloch, Leimen, Deutschland
1996 - „Aufbruch. Moderne afrikanische Kunst“, Sammlung Kleine-Gunk“, Fürth, Deutschland
1995 - „Afrikanische Gegenwartskunst. Skulpturen und Gemälde aus Zimbabwe und Uganda“, Kunst Transit, Berlin, Deutschland
1994 - „Zimbabwe stone sculpture: the second generation“, Chapungu Sculpture Park, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Moderne afrikanische Kunst. Steinbildhauer aus Zimbabwe“, Palmengarten, Frankfurt/M., Deutschland, April – Oktober 1994
- „Afrika heute. Skulptur der Shona. Werke der Sammlung Kleine-Gunk“, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Deutschland, November 1993 – Januar 1994
- "Tengenenge oud - Tengenenge nieuw", Baarn Kasteel Groeneveld und Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, 1994
1993 - „Kunst der Shona“, Galerie im Schlossgarten, Gauangeloch/Leimen, Deutschland
1991 - Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, Auckland, Neuseeland
- "Beeldhouwers van Zimbabwe", Beelden op der Berg, Wageningen, Niederlande
1992 - Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Beeldhouwers van Zimbabwe, Beelden op der Berg, Wageningen, Niederlande
1990 - Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, Auckland, Neuseeland
- "Beeldhouwers van Zimbabwe", Beelden op der Berg, Wageningen, Niederlande
- Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Niederlande
1989 - Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
- "Beeldhouwers van Zimbabwe", Beelden op der Berg, Wageningen, Niederlande
- UNESCO House, Harare, Zimbabwe
1988 - Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Sibanda, Doreen, „Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture. A Retrospective 1957 – 2004“, Embassy of France & Weaver Press, Harare 2004
- Joosten, Ben: “Lexicon: Sculptors from Zimbabwe. The First Generation”, Dodeward 2001
- Sultan, Oliver/Fernandes, Peter, Life in stone: Zimbabwean sculpture : Birth of a Contemporary Art Form, Baobab Books, 1999
- William Joseph Dewey, Legacies of Stone: Zimbabwe Past and Present, Band 2, Royal Museum for Central Africa, 1997
- Zeitschrift für Kulturaustausch, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Band 48
- Kleine-Gunk, Bernd, „Aufbruch. Moderne afrikanische Kunst“, Die Sammlung Kleine-Gunk, Fürth 1996
- Mawdsley, Joceline. Zimbabwe stone sculpture: the second generation“, (u. a. Arthur Fata, Tapfuma Gutsa, Kakoma Kweli, Joseph Muzondo, Agnes Nyanhongo, Gedion Nyanhongo, Brighton Sango), CRMA Fine Arts Centre, Atkinson Gallery, Chapungu Sculpture Park, Harare 1994
- Leyten, Harrie, "Tengenenge. En beeldhouwersgemeenschap in Zimbabwe", tergelegenheid van de tentoonstelling "Tengenenge oud - Tengenenge nieuw", Baarn Kasteel Groeneveld, en in het Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, 1994
- Hennes, Barbara u. a. (Hg.) „Afrika heute. Skulptur der Shona. Werke der Sammlung Kleine-Gunk“, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen 1993
- Galerie Im Schlossgarten (Hg), „Shona-Skulpturen“, Galerie Im Schlossgarten (Hg), Leimen-Gauangeloch 1993
- Winter-Irving, Celia, „Stone Sculpture in Zimbabwe: Context, Content and Form“, Harare 1991
- Leyten, Harrie, Beeldhouwers van Zimbabwe, Stichting beelden op de Berg, Wageningen 1989
- Chapungu Sculpture Park, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Afrika Museum (Sammlung zeitgenössische Kunst), Berg en Dal, NIJMEGEN, Niederlande
- Sindika Dokolo Foundation, Luanda, Angola
- Beeldengalerie (Mega Gallery), Wageningen, Niederlande
- Bernd Kleine-Gunk, Fürth
- Kunst Transit Berlin