Misheck MasamvuA Piece of Me in Solid You, 2024
Misheck Masamvu is regarded as a central figure in a new generation of contemporary Zimbabwean painters whose work challenges fixed narratives and embraces formal experimentation. Trained in Germany and based in Harare, Masamvu draws on the complexities of his environment to inform a practice grounded in expressive brushwork, vivid colour, and psychological intensity. His paintings often evoke a sense of tension and uncertainty, unfolding through fractured compositions that reflect the contradictions of lived experience.
‘A Piece of Me in Sold You’ forms part of a recent body of work that deepens this exploration. Through a visual language of distorted forms, vibrant hues, and layered gestures, Masamvu presents figures caught in states of flux – unsettled, transforming, and unresolved. These compositions do not aim for clarity or conclusion, but rather dwell in the unstable spaces where meaning is continually questioned and remade.
