FOCUS ON BLACK ART

What draws me to Takunda Regis Billiat’s work is the dialogue between materials. Organic and synthetic elements meet not in opposition, but in negotiation. Each carries memory, labour, and energy.

For Kimberly Tatenda Gakanje, art is not simply the production of images, but a way of navigating life — a process shaped by emotion, memory, doubt, play and transformation.

Raised by his grandmother, William Joseph Kachinjika’s artistic practice grows from close observation, manual labour, and lived experience.

Sean Mpetiwa’s works are self-portraits of a generation: vibrant, fleshy, ever-moving figures that map the everyday life, joys, anxieties, and survival strategies of Zimbabwean youth.