Today let’s go to Zimbabwe! I love a good statue, especially when there is a meaning behind it!
Sculptor David Ngwerume is gaining attention for works inspired by the coronavirus pandemic. One of his collections called “COVID-19 Gallery” urges people to get vaccinated. Another reminds people to take health measures against the virus.
Ngwerume’s latest piece is “Michael Jackson,” named after the King of Pop who was well known for wearing masks and a glove.
Another one, called “We are torn,” encourages people to sneeze into their elbows.
Asked about his Michael Jackson creation, he stated:
“The iconic Michael Jackson was the first celebrity to move around wearing a mask and gloves. When he was asked, he stood his ground and said the air is somehow polluted,” Ngwerume said. “Michael Jackson used his public figure position to highlight what he was seeing as what would come with the times; that we have the COVID pandemic. We are now wearing masks. At that time people thought he was trying to show off. He warned us. Now I am using his figure around this COVID pandemic on my art to show that Michael Jackson gave us a warning that: Mask up. His figure shows a finger pointing to us as a people to say: Mask Up.”
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