Village Life. Painting on wood, approximately 8 1/2" x 8 1/2."
On the wooden back of the picture, the artist has written, or has had someone else write, the following:
Village LifeBoys are hunting in the near-by mountain. A girl is carrying firewood. Mother is brewing beer at home."
What elements of the picture has the artist-commentator omitted? In what way doies this representation of village life represent an idealized version of rural existsnece, and can you find any similarities between this painting and works of contemporary Zimbabwean fiction? How does this image of rural life differ from that of boys herding cattle?
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