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Digital Exhibition Guide for "Moffat Takadiwa: Recoded Memories"

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Moffat - Recoded Memories_ Exhibit Guide 2025 UPDATED

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Zimbabwe artist Moffat Takadiwa in studio

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"Why does Takadiwa use waste and discarded materials?"

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Artist introduction: Moffat Takadiwa speaking on the "Recoded Memories" exhibition for the W&L Art Museum and Galleries. 

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On the exhibition message: Moffat Takadiwa speaking on the "Recoded Memories" exhibition for the W&L Art Museum and Galleries. 

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On his work finding references to his Indigenous Korekore heritage, a clan within the Shona ethnicity: Moffat Takadiwa speaking on the "Recoded Memories" exhibition for the W&L Art Museum and Galleries.

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On the artistic process also being part of the final work: Moffat Takadiwa speaking on the "Recoded Memories" exhibition for the W&L Art Museum and Galleries.

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Moffat Takadiwa Weaves Hope from Trash in the Heart of Zimbabwe

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The complex geopolitical and economic forces embedded in his work challenge us to reconsider global systems of consumption.

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From Computer Keys and Bottle Caps, Moffat Takadiwa’s Tapestries Collapse Geographies

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Moffat Takadiwa is part of a dynamic movement of African artists who work exclusively with recycled or repurposed materials.

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Moffat Takadiwa’s landmark exhibition uses found materials to comment on Zimbabwe’s colonial hangover

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Using found materials from dump sites, the large scale works examine the residues of colonialism.

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Moffat Takadiwa, Contemporary Visual Artist In Conversation With Trevor

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Zimbabwe Contemporary Artist, Moffat Takadiwa | Mabhindauko

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Moffat Takadiwa - Artists - Nicodim Gallery

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Moffat Takadiwa (b. 1983, Hurungwe) lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe. Takadiwa transforms post-consumer waste – such as computer keyboards, bottle tops, toothbrushes and toothbrush tubes, – into lush, densely layered sculptures and tapestry-like wall works and sculptures. A prominent voice from the post-independence artist generation in Zimbabwe, Takadiwa’s work centerstages his Korekore heritage while engaging with themes such as consumerism, inequality, post-colonialism and the environment. Takadiwa is also a founder of Mbare Art Space in Harare where he plays a major role in mentoring the growing artist community, establishing the world's first artistic center dedicated to repurposing reclaimed materials. Exhibitions include Recoded Memories, Watson Galleries, Washington & Lee University, Lexington (2025, solo, forthcoming); Second Life, Nicodim, New York (2025, solo); Tukku Magi: Rhythm’s, Latvian Museum of Art, Riga (2025); Possible New Dawn, Nicodim Annex, Los Angeles (2024, solo); Vestiges of Colonialism, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2024, solo); Avantgarde & Liberation, Mumok, Vienna (2024); Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale exhibition, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Venice (2024); Tales of the Big River, Galerie Edouard Manet, Centre d’art contemporain, Gennevilliers (2024, solo); Color is the First Revelation of the World, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa (2024); signifying the impossible song, Southern Guild, Los Angeles (2024); Feeling Without Touching, Nicodim, New York (2023); Zero Zero, Semiose, Paris (2023, solo); Vestiges of Colonialism, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare (2023, solo); A Love Letter to LA, curated by Storm Ascher, Superposition Gallery, Phillips Auction House, Los Angeles (2023); Africa Supernova, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (2023); Nous sommes tous des lichens, Musée d’art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne – château de Rochechouart (2022); The Bull, Semiose, Paris (2022, solo); Brutalized Language, Nicodim, New York (2022, solo); Witch Craft: Rethinking Power, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles (2021, solo); This is Not Africa: Unlearn What You Have Learned, ARoS Museum, Denmark (2021); Mr. Foreman you have destroyed the farm, Semiose, Paris, France (2021, solo); INXS: Never Before Seen Major Works by Simphiwe Ndzube, Moffat Takadiwa, Zhou Yilun, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA (2020); Son of the Soil, Nicodim, Los Angeles, CA (2019, solo); Thread., Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach (2019); Stormy Weather, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands (2019); Second Hand: Selected Works from the Jameel Art Collection, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai (2019); Material Insanity, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakech (2019); The Eye Sees Not Itself, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2018); and Chinafrika. under construction, Museum for Contemporary Art Leipzig (2017). Collections include: Roc Nation Collection, Los Angeles; CC Foundation, Shanghai; Centre National d’Art Plastique, Paris; Collection of Art of European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium; National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare and more.

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This solo exhibition showcases the work of Zimbabwean artist Moffat This solo exhibition showcases the work of Zimbabwean artist Moffat Takadiwa (b. 1983), whose expansive sculptural installations repurpose discarded materials into intricate, tapestry-like forms. Working with objects such as computer keys, plastic bottles, and VHS tapes, Takadiwa transforms technological debris and detritus into meditations on memory, language, and the traces of human consumption. 

Recoded Memories urges us to reconsider the environmental and cultural imprints of everyday life, inviting us to reflect on the life cycle of materials and the global systems that shape what is used, valued, and ultimately discarded. 

Recoded Memories is made possible thanks to the generous contributions made by W&L’s Department of Art and Art History, the Class of 1963 Scholars in Residence Program, and the university’s Museum Art Fund.

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"What is the significance of these materials - isn’t this just recycling?" 

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