Darius Mutamba
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| name = Darius Tawanda Mutamba
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| birth_place = Harare, Zimbabwe
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| alma_mater = Chinhoyi University of Technology
| known_for = creative art and photojournalism
| notable_works = "Silent Voices" (2014)
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| movement = contemporary art
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Darius Mutamba (born 1991), is a Zimbabwean conceptual visual artist, curator, journalist, and photojournalist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.talenthouse.com/darius-mutamba|title=Darius Mutamba's Profile on Talenthouse|website=Talenthouse|access-date=2020-02-05|archive-date=5 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205083440/https://www.talenthouse.com/darius-mutamba|url-status=dead}} He is a journalist who has worked as a photojournalist for local news papers Daily News, Daily News on Sunday, and The Weekend Post. He also works as a production assistant for The Financial Gazette.
Controversy
In the month of June 2016 Mutamba curated a controversial photography exhibition in Harare entitled Object of Desire which focused on the nude human form. In support of his work he comments that nudity expresses "our common and universal element as humans."{{Cite web|title=Another nudity exhibition on the cards: Mutamba|date=June 12, 2016|first=Kennedy|last=Nyavaya|url=http://www.thestandard.co.zw/2016/06/12/another-nudity-exhibition-cards-mutamba/|website=thestandard.co.zw}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zbc.co.zw/index.php/news-categories/entertainment/68907-artist-celebrates-the-beauty-of-life-|website=Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation|title=Artist celebrates the beauty of life|date=June 2, 2016|access-date=22 July 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822013054/http://www.zbc.co.zw/index.php/news-categories/entertainment/68907-artist-celebrates-the-beauty-of-life-|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thezimbabwestar.com/2016/05/17/exhibition-puts-spotlight-on-nudity/|website=The Zimbabwe Star|title=Exhibition puts spotlight on nudity|first=Sharon|last=Muguwu|date=May 16, 2016|access-date=23 July 2016|archive-date=9 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109080654/http://www.thezimbabwestar.com/2016/05/17/exhibition-puts-spotlight-on-nudity/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2016/06/03/chirikure-opens-nudity-exhibition/|title=Chirikure opens nudity exhibition|date=June 3, 2016|first=WINSTONE|last=ANTONIO|website=newsday.co.zw}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2015/02/16/daily-news-barred-from-taking-grace-pictures|title=Daily News barred from taking Grace pictures|first=Mugove|last=Tafirenyika|website=dailynews.co.zw|date=February 16, 2015|access-date=23 July 2016|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116174625/https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2015/02/16/daily-news-barred-from-taking-grace-pictures|url-status=dead}} In 2014, his work Silent Voices, a collection of 15 black and white photographs on canvas depicting Zimbabwean children, was exhibited at the Harare International Festival of the Arts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.herald.co.zw/student-exhibits-at-hifa/|website=The Herald|title=Student exhibits at Hifa|date=May 5, 2014|first=Yeukai|last=Karengezeka}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.talenthouse.com/darius-mutamba Darius Mutamba] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205083440/https://www.talenthouse.com/darius-mutamba |date=5 February 2020 }} at Talenthouse
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Category:Zimbabwean photographers
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