Exhibition: Iconic, Sept. 15-Oct. 7 2011 @ Goethe Institut
September 12, 2011 at 9:12 pm njathika 1 comment
Exhibition Opening: Thursday. September 15, 2011,
Time: 7pm
Venue: Goethe Institut
Exhibition Dates: September 16 –October 7, 2011
Opening Days: Mon – Fri
Opening Hours: 1–6pm
Entry: Free
In 2009 Goethe-Institut and Iwalewa Haus Bayreuth held the large exhibition PigaPicha! about portrait photography in Nairobi. The broad scope of the show reflected the various styles and aesthetics that have evolved over the last 100 years. One of the areas surveyed was the phenomenon of outdoor photographers. Based in areas such as Uhuru Park or KICC these photographers use the public spaces of the city as their studio, using backdrops, settings and photographic techniques in much the same way traditional photo studios do.
Peter Mwangi Irungu, working under the name of Willy, was one of these photographers whose work stood out because of his imaginative and experimental use of photomontage techniques. The portraits he creates feature his subjects sitting on various buildings around the city or on a bottle of coca cola, flying through the sky or enclosed in flower petals.
For his first solo exhibition Goethe Institut commissioned Willy to produce a new body of work exploring and developing this idiosyncratic iconography.
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Entry filed under: art exhibits. Tags: goethe institut, Iwalewa Haus Bayreuth, Peter Mwangi Irungu, piga picha, Willy.
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Hasan | May 31, 2012 at 5:53 pm
I always apeiecratpd your stuff the most when you either completely let your imagination get away with you, or when you were being reflective. Blame Abraham, Better Odds than a Bullet, Inventing the Chicken, The Han Solo Theory, Martin Luther King, A Change of Orbit, Truth (zombies made you late for your podcast) and Vampire in my Attic. These are the ones I’ve kept because I like to listen to them over and over.As for bold thoughts? How about you let your listeners send you ideas and you pick one to do a short piece on? Not at random, mind you, and not necessarily (actually preferably not see above) how they expected it to be done, mind you. Like how about something involving the fact that in Arizona, USA, it is illegal to hunt camels. I bet you could do 5 minutes on that.I’m very appreciative that you are bringing The Seanachai back! Thank you!