Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude
Immanentize the Eschaton
First Floor Gallery Harare
Immanentize the Eschaton
First Floor Gallery Harare
“In political theory and theology, to immanentise the eschaton is a generally pejorative phrase referring to attempts to bring about utopian conditions in the world, and to effectively create heaven on earth.”
Is a better future just foolish dream? If it was possible, would it not have already been done?
Artists through history have been charged with the responsibility to make visible both the real and the desired. They are the only people who are expected to dispense with the requirement of being practical, sensible, realistic, compromising, adaptable, reasonable. They make our dreams and our nightmares as individuals and as societies tangible, transcendent and inspirational. Great artworks don’t have to be things we are ready for and expect but once they are there, they are manifestly necessary.
Tapiwa’s fourth solo with First Floor Gallery Harare, is an eruption of poignant necessity, a volcano of conscience, startling, disturbing and underpinned by a faith in life that burst through like a clear stream amid rocks in the mountains.
The canvases in Immanentise the Eschaton is a show of force from a painter who moves effortlessly through and merges with the medium and the message. The paint sings pop songs, military marches, hip hop and funeral dirges with the same passion, intensity and elegance.
Immantentise the eschaton is a show that helps us understand that sometimes the biggest show of faith is letting go of certainty of self-made ideals and making the every day real.
Sometimes, when you are falling, you realise that in fact you are flying.
Valerie Kabov
Curator
©2024
“In political theory and theology, to immanentise the eschaton is a generally pejorative phrase referring to attempts to bring about utopian conditions in the world, and to effectively create heaven on earth.”
Is a better future just foolish dream? If it was possible, would it not have already been done?
Artists through history have been charged with the responsibility to make visible both the real and the desired. They are the only people who are expected to dispense with the requirement of being practical, sensible, realistic, compromising, adaptable, reasonable. They make our dreams and our nightmares as individuals and as societies tangible, transcendent and inspirational. Great artworks don’t have to be things we are ready for and expect but once they are there, they are manifestly necessary.
Tapiwa’s fourth solo with First Floor Gallery Harare, is an eruption of poignant necessity, a volcano of conscience, startling, disturbing and underpinned by a faith in life that burst through like a clear stream amid rocks in the mountains.
The canvases in Immanentise the Eschaton is a show of force from a painter who moves effortlessly through and merges with the medium and the message. The paint sings pop songs, military marches, hip hop and funeral dirges with the same passion, intensity and elegance.
Immantentise the eschaton is a show that helps us understand that sometimes the biggest show of faith is letting go of certainty of self-made ideals and making the every day real.
Sometimes, when you are falling, you realise that in fact you are flying.
Valerie Kabov
Curator
©2024
|
Harare
3 Castille Court 65 Josiah Tongogara Street Harare Zimbabwe Email: [email protected] Mobile: +263 77 277 3574 +263 77 570 9031 +263 78 232 6136 Hours: Monday to Friday - 10.00am to 5.00pm, Saturday - 11.00am to 4.00pm Sundays by appointment |
Victoria Falls
Elephants Walk Complex 253 Mosi-Oa-Tunya Victoria Falls Zimbabwe Email: [email protected] Mobile: +263 77 277 3574 +263 77 570 9031 +263 78 232 6136 Hours: Monday to Friday - 10.00am to 5.00pm, Weekends by appointment |
Follow Us
© 2024 First Floor Gallery Harare. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.