African Stone Sculptures

African sculpture is most often figurative representing the human form and fashioned primarily from wood but it can also be stylized and abstracted and carved from stone.

African stone sculptures.

Traditional and abstract stone carvings african art sculpture portraying animals and people in both realistic and abstract form. Benin bronze sculptures between the ivory coast and the congo lie ife in the yoruba country and benin in southern nigeria where african sculpture has reached its highest level. Our shona stone sculptures are directly from our shona artists. Mansani is a zimbabwean artist who works in the tradition of shona sculptors.

Our web gallery is the international hub for the secondary market in works by the most famous names of this art movement and we specialise in discovering and nurturing new talented artists from younger generations. Bird sculpture stone sculptures organic art outsider art african art black art artist at work exotic marble shona sculpture by farai mansani serpentine marble sculpture depicting an exotic bird signed by farai mansani on its backside. Benin was visited in the fifteenth century by john alfonso d aveiro 1485 86 and subsequently by several portuguese dutch and english travellers. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices.

Best quality stones and sculptures african stones and sculptures shop now stones beautiful collections see collection sculptures they can be displayed indoor or outdoor. Below we have a selection of african handcrafted stone sculptures carved by individual artists in their unique styles. We are passionate about what we do and how we do it. One of a kind african sculptures.

The moyo collection of shona sculptures are a modern contemporary art with an african flair. Guruve promotes the very best in contemporary african art with an extensive collection of authentic original african art and sculpture in our online gallery. The stone carved sculptures show images of people in abstract form and have been carved out of a variety of different stones smooth polished and left in the nature colour and pattern of the stone. These african art sculptures have been carved by shona carvers of zimbabwe who are known as some of the most talented carvers of this style in.

Shona sculptures ship directly from our usa warehouse. Linking you to the source of the stone with direct access to the artists. Guruve are specialists and experts in contemporary stone sculpture from the shona sculpture art movement of zimbabwe. See collection contact us if you stones or sculpture is not listed online we will get it for you we are always updating our website for new stocks visit the store home read more.

The pieces are all one of a kind carved using different types of stone such as serpentine verdite springstone african butter jade and rapoko an african term for soapstone used by indigenous carvers throughout the world. It can span centuries and be as ancient as the advent of tools and it can be as modern as right now today where it is lauded and appreciated as a contemporary art form. African masters of stone are suppliers of the finest contemporary shona sculpture from zimbabwe.