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<style type="text/css"> html, body { background-color: transparent; } </style><br /> <div align="center"> <embed width="400" height="350" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="/images/slide.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" menu="true" loop="true" play="true"></embed><font color="#c0c0c0" face="Arial" size="1"></font><font color="#c0c0c0" face="Arial"><br /> </font> </div> <font color="#ffffff"><font color="#c0c0c0"><br /> <br /> <font face="Arial"> Founded by Roy Guthrie, as African Art Promotions Inc. in 1970, Chapungu Sculpture Park has pioneered the promotion of Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture (Shona Sculpture) and has built up the most important permanent collection of this work in existence. From its humble beginnings as a small gallery in the capital city , Harare, to the 20 acre sculpture park in the outskirts of Harare, and now to its North American location, Chapungu has remained steadfast to its mission statement which is:<br /> <br /> </font></font></font> <ul> <li><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> To promote the Stone Sculptors of Zimbabwe, through world wide exhibitions, documentation, workshops, preservation and sales.</font></font></li> </ul> <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <br /> </font></font> <ul> <li><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> To make viewers aware of the expressive power and artistic validity of these contemporary African artists.</font></font></li> </ul> <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> <br /> </font></font> <ul> <li><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"> To bring, through the sculptures, an awareness of the depth and wisdom of the traditional African cultures.</font></font></li> </ul> <p> <font color="#ffffff"><font color="#c0c0c0"><font face="Arial"> <br /> <br /> <font color="#000000"><em> “ This is the birth of a great national art, capable of speaking about the whole creation, from personal and family feeling to the world of spirit, soul and self. It is a thrilling adventure of contemporary art". Art's Review, London, 1990 (Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, United Kingdom)</em></font></font><font color="#000000"><em> </em></font></font></font></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div align="center"><font color="#000000"><em> </em></font><br /> <input width="185" height="216" type="image" src="/images/chap zim 2.gif" /><br /> </div> <br /> <div align="center"> <font color="#c0c0c0" face="Arial" size="1">Above: Chapungu Sculpture Park Harare, Zimbabwe Africa</font><font color="#c0c0c0"><br /> </font> </div> <br /> <br /> <img width="0" height="0" alt="Cats" src="/images/acrobats2.jpg" />
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