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Deep and meaningful conversations in art

ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Years back when I started writing about art, I was always fascinated by the way artists applied colour on canvas and the technical competence of their practice. I was particularly drawn to the work of David Kigozi with his impasto technique that evoked a sense of …

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Artists are like gods

Just like the gods who have the supernatural powers to make plenty out of scarcity, artists have the ability to create with their imagination what captures their audience’s attention ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Have you ever looked at a work of art and found yourself wondering what was the artist …

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Against the Odds

Through resilience and determination street artist Deogratius Masembe courts both local and foreign audiences to tell his story of triumph and failure ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Under the mid-day scorching sun in Kazo- Bwaise, a busy suburb in Kampala city, a young man expertly cuts and bends small wires into …

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Echoes of Disorder at Nommo Gallery

The artist constructs deep conversations around the subject of divergent personalities and characters inspired by conversations in his immediate surroundings ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Conversations are an integral part of our lives as humans and usually reveal our personalities and character. Equally, women are naturally gifted with the gift of …

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Stanley bia, the Sunglasses Artist

The youthful artist’s series of paintings of different personalities wearing sunglasses interrogate how these fashionable objects empower self esteem. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | He’s shy and an introvert. If you’re in a room with him, you may miss him out save for his glasses which he never takes off. “I …

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Art and Digital Innovation

Julius Katende’s Totem Art NTFs illustrate an artist who is naturally curious and thinks outside the proverbial box ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | For almost an hour, I listen attentively as artist Julius Katende explains to me in an animated tone about Non- Fungible Tokens ( NFT), which are assets like …

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