The exhibition prompts conversations around the city’s vibrant visual culture, social cultural realities of everyday life and the complex question on who owns the city. ARTS | Dominic Muwanguzi | Everyone in Kampala and its neighbourhood has at least interfaced with a poster, billboard, signage, banner or graffiti inscription. These images …
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Through experimentation with media and technique, Ronex explores the beauty that lies in the discarded and unexpected as a visual metaphor for life’s experiences. ARTS | Dominic Muwanguzi | Imagination, fantasy, and memory are recurrent themes in Ronex’s art. They form the core to the concept of the subconscious that influences …
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The relief sculptures celebrate and provide a documentation of the rare species of birds, but also offer opportunities to reflect on the subject of innovation in contemporary art through the artist’s technique of working with banana fibre collage as an alternative media. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The artworks are …
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The artist interrogates the subject of breaking societal norms and expectations through working with black and blue figures, and hair as a symbol of identity, resistance and cultural pride. ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | When you meet Eric Joe Gayi, you will be drawn to his hair rolled into small …
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Through a showcase of photographs of recently returned cultural artefacts to Uganda, the exhibition Ethics of Loaning instigates deep conversations on the subject of restitution. ARTS | Dominic Muwanguzi | The act of restitution is not new in Uganda’s cultural history. In 1961 as part of the preparations to gain independence …
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Aloka Trevor’s new body of work navigates the turbulent journey of caring for his mother as she undergoes treatment of cancer while shedding light on finding beauty in brokenness. ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Naturally, art is supposed to trigger emotions in the viewer’s heart and soul. It is meant …
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The five artists in the group show Artistic Vision of Uganda explore different styles in painting as they tackle themes in their immediate surroundings and of personal experience ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | An exhibition of works by young artists is always full of surprises. Firstly, their art is …
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The artist Nebay Abraha works with visual metaphors like gloomy eyes, spider and newspaper cuttings to express his longing to return home. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Gloomy eyes greet you as you make your entry into the exhibition space at Umoja Art gallery. They communicate a feeling of sadness that …
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The artist plunges into making introspective work that invites his audience to stop, listen and reflect on the concept of human existence and how we connect with our immediate surroundings. ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Artists need to take a break from their routine of making art and reflect on …
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Art should exist beyond its visual aesthetics and critique the political-social excesses of the day for it to hold enduring impact to society ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | What is art without critiquing the political-social excesses of the day? Perhaps, it is only good art that delights the eyes of …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
