by Danielle Olivier | May 31, 2019
2015 Chromogenic colour print 120 x 150 cm Osborne Macharia’s storyline revolves around the Mau Mau movement, which began in 1959 during Kenya’s struggle for Independence. Militant activists revolted against British colonialism, its policies, and its...
by Danielle Olivier | May 31, 2019
2015. Chromogenic colour print. 120 x 150 cm. Osborne Macharia’s storyline revolves around the Mau Mau movement, which began in 1959 during Kenya’s struggle for Independence. Militant activists revolted against British colonialism, its policies, and its...
by Danielle Olivier | May 31, 2019
2018 Charcoal, posca pens, acrylic paint 350 x 650 cm In this work Exodus: The Heroic Age, Loyiso Mkize creolizes popular icons from screen and stage, both fictional and real characters alike. Through the eyes of a young boy, multiple familiar figures from various...
by Danielle Olivier | May 31, 2019
2018 Plaster of paris, plaster mesh, medical gauze, new tech board, wall paint 500 x 350 cm Liona R. Nyariri’s artwork, The Pidgin (coming from within), revolves around the study of pidgin languages that emerged in Africa during European colonization. Sometimes...
by Danielle Olivier | May 31, 2019
2018 Neon Glass 750 x 150 cm Since the 1930s, the white male has played the lead role in superhero fiction. By appropriating and transforming familiar comic book language, Kumasi Barnett challenges the typecast role of the black body in these popular narratives. By...
