While art can be defined as the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination typically in a visual form, many artistes use this mode of communication to tell their stories to the world. One such contemporary artist is Julio Rizhi whose works centre on socio related issues.
Rizhi recently hosted his second solo exhibition at the First Floor Gallery Harare that was running under the theme "Ane Nzeve Anonzwa" (those who have ears will listen), an invocation to learn from history and to take courage to change. Rizhi often uses seductively bright colours of the discarded plastics he melts to construct his sculptures, as a metaphor for the broken promises of a better future advertised but never delivered. Some of the artworks displayed include "Coat of Arms part 1", "The Battlefield", "Ngatinzwanane" (lets listen to each other). According the gallery curator Valerie Kabov the artiste works speaks volumes.
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