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McEwen felt that a gallery could only thrive if some artistic exchange were designed and that there would have to be some sort of local product to make such an exchange worthwhile. When a director for the museum was sought, he applied, with the encouragement of both
Picasso and Herbert Read; to his
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who talked to him a great deal about the culture of the Shona people. Regulations stated that all
Gallery staff must be ex-policemen, so Mukarobgwa was hired as a cleaner. McEwan gave him materials for drawing and painting, and provided the same materials to other staff members. An unofficial
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rather than a lecturer, which led to a breach with his family, as a result of which he had to support himself financially through painting and picture restoration. He wandered around Europe for years, taking menial jobs at
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British art to export to France. The assignment was difficult, as the French art world was viewed as somewhat chauvinistic and likely to sneer at most British artistic efforts. McEwen designed a show around some of
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in 1971, and London's ICA in 1972. Political tensions in
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and others, they went on to create one of the first native schools of contemporary art in Africa. Further details are to be found in the article on the
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and based on Moreau's ideas; such experiments were far ahead of French teaching practices of the era. Sixty artworks, many similar in style to
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surprise, he was chosen. Upon receiving it, he asked for a year's grace, resigned from the
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