Hailing from a land locked nation, a trip to Newfoundland with the CTG Collective marks Musekiwa’s first time on an island and first time seeing the ocean.
He was fascinated by the boats, shells, buoys, and of course, the abundant moose meat and antlers gifted to the collective’s members by the ceaseless generosity of the Newfies.
Musekiwa’s eerie sculpture, God of the Ocean, descends from stone to water on a small peninsula, donning moose antlers for legs, a mangled buoy as body, fishing rope and wire for a face, and a red hardhat to boot. He is there to protect, and years later (writing in 2020), against all odds and 120 mile winds, the sculture stands proud, sunglasses and all.
Importantly, this was the first time Musekiwa worked somewhere where stone was not available for him to carve. We see a leap in the work at this moment that will spring forward throughout the coming years.
Chiri Mumoyo (what is in the heart), 2016, polyester netting, buoys, string, 251 × 46 × 10cm
Out of My Belly, 2016, antlers, wire, buoy, and fishing netting, 243 × 42 × 42 cm
Ruler of Earth, 2017, stone, moose antlers, wire and shovel, 51 × 71 × 23 cm
God of the Ocean, 2016, plastic hat, polyester rope, buoy, wire, moose antlers
122 × 91 × 91 cm