Zimbabwean internationally exhibited mixed media artist Moffat Takadiwa, the self-crowned “spiritual garbage man” creates large-scale sculptural pieces from ordinarily discarded materials.
He creates master pieces from all the waste we throw in our bins every day, every where, any where, including everything from computer waste, aerosol cans and spray bottles, to toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes, he finds lying around the city dump outside of Harare, Zimbabwe.
Takadiwa then takes this waste and tells a story about our daily life and weaves together these small everyday objects to make impressive organic forms evocative of jewel-encrusted excess or a ritualistic kind of minimalism. Takidiwa’s choice of materials explains his concern about consumerism, inequality, post-colonialism and the environment.