VanDusen Botanical Garden played host to ZimSculpt for the three consecutive years. A traveling exhibition of more than 150 stone sculptures by several of Zimbabwes finest sculptors. VanDusen was the exhibits only Canadian stop on a world-wide tour that also included the Chelsea Garden Show, London, UK.
Accompanied by Curators, Vivienne & Joseph Croissette and two of the artists, Passmore Mupindiko and Patrick Sephani, the exhibit placed sculpture strikingly throughout VanDusens many Garden areas and collections.
Since its opening in 1975, VanDusen Botanical Garden has been a recognized venue for major sculpture exhibitions. In 1976 the Garden was the site of the Vancouver International Stone Sculpture Symposium which saw a dozen leading artists from around the world carving stone in situ. The legacy is a magnificent collection of sculpture that graces VanDusen to this day. Since then other major pieces, such as The Throne of Nezahualcoyotl by famed Mexican sculptor Sebastian, have found their way into the Gardens collection. Passmore Mupindiko and Patrick Sephani, artists from Zimbabwe, continued the tradition by giving daily on-site demonstrations of their stone-carving art.
With ZimSculpt’s amazing hand-selected collection from all over Zimbabwe and shipped directly for the show at VanDusen – it’s was a better show than ever!
A Vancouver ‘fan’ also sent us a wonderful link of her YouTube post of our last exhibition at VanDusen Botanical Gardens, if you would like a little walk in the most beautiful setting for a few minutes as a distraction from your work, take a moment to watch. Thank you Cynthia Wong.
