Posts filed under ‘art exhibits’
Exhibition: Masquerade by Anthony Okello, May 26-Jun. 26 2013 @ One Off
Exhibition opens on Sunday 26th May at One Off from 11am to 5pm.
Exhibition Runs Until: June 26, 2013
Anthony Okello’s exhibition opens at One Off and very topical it will be. This coming week his diptych will come up for auction at Bonhams in London at their annual ‘Africa Now‘ auction. This work from his Masquerade series has also been chosen for the invitation to the event (shown below).
Other works from the same series will feature in this exhibition.
Anthony Okello
Anthony Okello is a graduate of Buru Buru Institute of Fine Art. He went on to make art in earnest when he joined the Kuona Trust at its National Museum site.
In this exhibition, Okello’s explores the human psychology of disguise and the covering of true identity. He says the ‘masks hide the real intention of the wearer’.
For the past five years he has simultaneously been producing works which depict his interpretation of tribal allegory and mythology. Whilst the auction at Bonhams this week will be the most public exposure of Okello’s ‘Masquerade series’ in Britain, two of the works from this other series already exist in the private collections of Robert Devereux and Robert Loder.
Okello has exhibited his work extensively at home as well as in Uganda, France, Holland and India.
Exhibition: Unsellable Art! May 21 – Jun. 4 2013 @ National Museum
Unsellable Art! What goes on in the mind of an artist? This thought provoking and educative exhibition organized by the Network of Kenya Visual Artists (NKVA) provides an interesting view of the extremes of an artist.
Opening: May 21, 2013
Venue: Creativity Gallery, National Museum of Kenya – Museum Hill
Time: 6.30 pm
Entrance: Free
The artists will be available in the gallery throughout the exhibition to give you an insight into their thoughts.
Exhibition Runs Until June 4 2013
Entry: Museum rates Apply
Other NKVA exhibitions running concurrently in Mombasa and Kisumu
Alliance Française de Mombasa May 17 – June 7, 2013
Kisumu Museum: May 25 – June 8, 2013
Exhibition: Synthesis – Remixing Locality, May 25 – Jun. 26 2013 @ Le Rustique Restaurant
Art Nairobi and Le Rustique are delighted to exhibit Synthesis: remixing locality by 3 artists from Namibia, Finland and USA.
Opens at Le Rustique restaurant on May 25, 2013
Exhibition Dates: Until June 26, 2013
Exhibiting Artists: Nicky Marais – Namibia, Mikko Ijas – Finland and Andries Fourie – USA
Nicky Marais
Nicky Marais is a Namibian painter and mixed-media artist. She employs a vocabulary of abstract forms and colour relationships that originate primarily from the Namibian landscape. Her paintings evoke a variety of geological landforms, plants as well as the material culture of her arid, sparsely populated and ruggedly beautiful homeland.
Nicky Marais is a Namibian artist, activist and educator who lives in Windhoek, Namibia, and heads the Visual Arts Department at the College of the Arts.
Mikko Ijas
Mikko lives and works in Helsinki. The means this artist uses to execute his drawings is everything but traditional. By combining the disciplined observation and skill of a traditional draughtsman or painter with the capabilities of contemporary digital equipment and technology (ipad), Ijas produces luminous and colorful drawings that are new and familiar at the same time. In his drawings, Ijas balances an interest in perception and realism with meaningful, productive distortion. In doing so his work is in dialogue with the history and traditions of painting while he also acknowledges the influence of contemporary artist like David Hockney, who explores similar interest in drawings on hand-held electronic devices. Written by Andries Fourie
Andries Fourie
Ancestral Voices: From Slaves to Matriarchs
This body of mixed-media works on paper addresses the role of South and Southeast Asian slave women, transported to South Africa by the Dutch in the 17thand 18th century, in shaping Afrikaans language, culture and identity. The aim of this work is to acknowledge this painful history, and to celebrate the diverse, non-western roots of Afrikaans culture.
While the work examines the influence of slave women in general, it also does so by focusing on the lives of two of the artist’s own slave ancestors: Ansela van Bengale and Catharina van Palliacatte.
Andries Fourie was born in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa in 1968. His work deals largely with contemporary and historical aspects of South African culture. In 1989, he immigrated to the United States. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at Willamette University in Salem Oregon, where he teaches sculpture.
Photo Exhibition: By Mexican Photographers from the Revolution, May 22 2013 @ Zapata Mexican Restaurant – Parklands Plaza
The Embassy of Mexico and the Zapata Mexican Restaurant have the pleasure of inviting you to the opening of a photo exhibition, From the Kitchen to the Eye and The White Liquor of Mayahuel Goddess by Mexican Photographers from the Revolution – Casasola Brothers
Opening Date: May 22, 2013
Venue: Zapata Mexican Restaurant – Parklands Plaza, Ground Floor
Location: Chiromo Lane/ Muthithi Rd
Time: 6.30 pm
RSVP: nyambura@embamex.co.ke / 0700 751842
Exhibition: The Poetic Line, May 16 – Jun. 7 2013 @ Goethe Institut
Opening: May 16, 2017
Venue: Goethe Institut
Time: 7.00 pm
Exhibition Dates: Until June 7, 2013
Akili Dada Happy Hour: Art, Education & the Future of Creativity in Kenya, May 16 2013 @ Kuona Trust
Akili Dada, a leadership incubator for young Kenyan women, is thrilled to be partnering with Kuona Trust, a centre for the visual arts in Kenya, for a Happy Hour event on Thursday, 16th May from 5:30-8pm at Kuona Trust’s beautiful garden space in Kilimani.
In addition to mingling and enjoying the creative atmosphere of Kuona and the studios of its talented artists, a panel of speakers will engage attendees in a conversation on the theme “Arts, education, and the future of creativity in Kenya.”
Panelists include
- Boniface Mwangi, photographer and founder of Picha Mtaani and Pawa254
- Sylvia Gichia, Director of Kuona Trust
- June Gachui, Lawyer and Performing Artiste
- Judy Ogana, General Manager of The GoDown Arts Centre
- Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Founder of Akili Dada
Beverages and bitings will be available to purchase.
Cost of entry is 500 ksh at the door, which includes one free drink from the bar. The event is open to the public
Proceeds will support the work of Akili Dada.
Creatives Garage Event:Turning One Party, May 18 2013 @ Pawa 254 Hub
At Creatives Garage we are having an open day which also coincides with our first anniversary so we merging the two for a Turning One Party.
We will be having exhibitions from different creatives as well as Performances.
Date: May 18, 2013
Venue: PAWA 254
Entrance is free
Exhibition on Historical Italian Fashion & Film Chronicles of a Love Affair, May 17 2013 @ Italian Cultural Centre
Date: May 17, 2013
Venue: Italian Institute of Culture, Westlands
Time: 6.45 for 7 pm
Entry: Free
Photo Exhibition: Mwangalio Tofauti II, May 11 2013 @ National Museum
Opening: May 11, 2013 at 7 pm
Venue: Nairobi National Museum
Free Entrance only at the Opening Night
Exhibition Dates: May 12 – June 23, 2013
Entry: Museum Entry Fee applies
Mwangalio Tofauti II is a Photographic Exhibition by Kenyan Photographers who take an Artistic Social Documentary Approach.
Participating artists: Alex Kamweru, Amirah Tajdin, Julian Njoroge, Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, Paul Munene and Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann.
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Exhibition: Xtract • Subtract • Abstract, May 11-14 2013 @ PWC Tower – Westlands
Opening Date & Time: May 11, 2013 from 10 am to 4 pm
Exhibition Dates: Until May 14, 2013
Venue: Ground Floor, PWC Tower, Delta Corner, Westlands
A celebration of abstracts by artists: Jason Corder, Justus Kyalo, Sidney Mang’ong’o, Sibylla Martin, Emily Odongo, Xavier Verhoest, Michael Wafula, Peter Walala
Circle Art exhibition
Photo Exhibition: Lest We Forget, May 8-26 2013 @ Alliance Francaise
Opening Date & Time: May 8, 2013 at 6 pm
Exhibition Dates: Until May 26, 2013
Venue: Alliance Française
The documentary Slave Routes: A Global Vision, a UNESCO production will be screened on this occasion.
Art Exhibition: Art a Glance, May 2-31 2013 @ Kenya Cultural Centre
The Kenya Cultural Centre & The Little Art Gallery Presents ‘Art a Glance’ A snippet of Contemporary Visual Arts in Nairobi.
Opening: Thursday, 2nd May, 5.30 pm – 8.00 pm.
Venue: Ukumbi wa Maonyesho @ The Kenya Cultural Centre (National Theatre) Harry Thuku Rd, Opp. the Fairmont Norfolk Hotel.
Dates: May 2-31, 2013
Working days : 10.00 am – 4.30 pm Or by appointment.
Contacts: Host : +254 722739894/ +254 726 008677 (Aghan Odero Agan, Director The Kenya Cultural Centre) Curator + 254 722 457 111 / art@thelittleartgallery.co.ke (William – The Little Art Gallery Ltd)
Exhibition: by Lawrence ‘Shabu’ Mwangi, Apr. 25-May 24 2013 @ Le Rustique Restaurant
Art Nairobi and Le Rustique are pleased to welcome ‘Shabu’ Mwangi 2nd solo exhibition.
Dates: 25th Apr-24th May 2013
Venue: Le Rustique
Born in 1985, the artist lives in Mukuru slum. Deeply rooted in his community, Shabu has always been working as an activist and artist, he is the co-funder of Wajukuu art center and is a member of Art2Be, an organization improving the lives of marginalized groups using artistic and therapeutic methods.
Most of Mwangi’s works are moments, which passed without any acknowledgement from within the system and in public view.
It is his reaction on behalf of the minority who exist in the absence of the majority.
Shabu Mwangi gives us a tale of the inside, a broken silence where the faces and the bodies do not need any narrative interpretation. The beauty and the importance of these works proceed from a personal experience and from fundamental emotion, these are shades of light and dark. Like an incessant path between strength, weakness and pain, these works put us in the place of the artist and the viewer, a constant reminder that questions related to our existence are fundamental.
Exhibition: The Pigs of Thika Town, Apr. 28-May 22, 2013 @ One Off Contemporary Gallery
Exhibition by Peter Ngugi
Opening: April 28, 2013
Venue: One Off Gallery
Time: 11am – 5 pm
Dates: Until May 22, 2013
Thika is also popular for its delicious grilled pork popularly known as ‘pork choma’. Travelers using Thika Road stop over at the town for this delicacy. There are numerous butcheries in the town selling both uncooked and ready to eat spare ribs. Thika is also a very clean town. Pigs are reared in farms outside the town, they are then slaughtered and brought in as meat. THE ONLY PIGS YOU WILL FIND IN THIKA TOWN ARE DEAD ONES !
This exhibition is not about pigs, it is about people. It is about our society, our politics, the economy. It is about morality and the lack of it, it is about greed and filth and disregard of the rule of law. Impunity and the ‘you should know people ‘attitude. It is about corruption and the selfishness in our society. And most of all, it is about INTELLIGENCE, which surprisingly pigs have!
Just like my town and indeed the country as a whole, my work is in constant change as I seek new ways and techniques of expression. Big crowds of people gathering together for a common goal are reminiscent of the big lines we experienced on March 4th when we voted. Patterns and repeat motifs signify the trend in our politics. A campaign poster with ridiculous manifestoes and promises. A trend in society where men display military style organisation when it comes to their favourite soccer team or their drink. Trends which the international media might regrettably mistake for violence. Hence the need to distinguish between the real and the counterfeit, from the vicious looking crocodiles imported from China and the fish hanging dead in a hangman’s noose to the pig prints on the blankets of Fulilia Hotel, each piece is connected to the other in one way or another. THE PIGS OF THIKA TOWN serve as the start of a new direction in my work.
Art Exhibition: Gor Soudan, Apr. 16 – May 7 2013 @ Talisman
Gor Soudan puts things together: scraps of paper, cartons and old newspapers, plastic bags and more recently protest wire. His “Crow Series”, “Angry Birds”, and the latest “Eatings” are an observation of the meaning of social, economic and political mutations. He will be showing at the Talisman restaurant from 16 April to 7 May.
Exhibition: FrancoAfric Art Affair, Until Apr. 28 2013 @ Alliance
The Alliance Française exhibition walls are resplendent with African Art from 8 Francophone African countries: The Ancient Kingdom of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, and Mali.
Dates: Until April 28, 2013
Venue: Alliance Française, Ground Floor Gallery
The Arts of Africa constitute one of the most diverse legacies in the world. The objects on display are part of the commercial collection of Aberahaman Njingou and Mounchigam Arouna from West Cameroon.
The diversity of ritual and ceremonial masks on display highlight the importance of masks as mediators between the living world and the spiritual world in traditional African societies.
Exhibition: Lying Awake by Geert Goiris, Apr. 5- May 3 2013 @ the Nest
Exhibition Opening: Friday, 5th April 2013, 7 pm
Venue: The Nest, Jabavu Masoinettes, House Number 4, Jabavu Road, opp. Kilimani Police Station
Exhibition Dates: 6th April to 3rd May 2013, Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm, Saturday 10 am to 12 pm
Geert Goiris, born 1971 in Bornem, Belgium, teaches at the Royal Academy of Arts in Antwerp. He studied photography at the Sint-Lukas Higher Institute for Visual Arts in Brussels and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts as well as the Higher Institute for Fine Arts in Antwerp. His work has been exhibited all over the world, such as Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kunstforum Basel, Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane and Nouveau Musée National de Monaco.
According to Eva Wittocx, his photographs reflect on the fundamental tension between perception and reality. In his work, time and space disappear in the interplay of form, abstraction, light and depth. The images of architectural spaces and intriguing landscapes with traces of human presence are often very alienating. In his recent work figures have started appearing, suggesting open narratives with threatening undertones.
The exhibition Lying Awake shows Goiris’ images as projections at the art organisation The NEST. For directions please visit their website at www.becauseartislife.org
In cooperation with The NEST
Exhibition: Relax by Jjukko Hoods – Ugandan Artist, Mar. 30 – Apr. 12 2013 @ Banana Hill Art Gallery
Exhibition: Close Encounters by D. Webster, D. Otieno & F. Wangui, Mar. 22 – Apr. 25 2013 @ Le Rustique Restaurant
Close encounters an exhibition by Dale Webster, Dickens Otieno & Florence Wangui
Dates: March 22 – April 25, 2013
Venue: Le Rustique Restaurant
Easter Perks Craft Fair, Mar. 23 2013 @ Spring Valley Road, 93B. Off Peponi Rd
Osotua Creative Collective presents an Easter Perks Fair bringing together 12 innovative craftsmen, designers and social entrepreneurs at the most charming craft fair Nairobi can offer.
Snacks and drinks available, courtesy of the incredible chefs of Lime Catering by Lulu Keeble
Date: Saturday 23rd March, 2013
Time: 10am – 6pm
Venue: Spring Valley Road, 93B. Off Peponi Road
Entry: Free
Featuring the likes of…
Kapoeta by Ambica – Couture Featherworks
Unbound Ether Silks – One-of-a-kind silk garments
Sea Garden – Crystal Healing and Alternative Therapy
Silverworks by Njee – Silver cutlery adornments
Chilli Mango – Kanga hoddies, wicked graphic tees
Otenge by Pauline – Kitenge Earrings and other goodies
Kradle Kreations – Knitwear & warm fuzzy baby apparel
Pink Impala – Unique twist to interior decor and accessories
Michelle Verwiel – Innovative belts & necklaces made from recycled metal fused with suede and leather
Shangilia -Leatherworks by Lucy Cameron
Pink Bush – Eclectic Jewelry
PLUS
Kenya Bamboo Centre – Bamboo Furniture and Crafts by Kibera based CBO using Bamboo as a renewable resource & Metal and Boneworks by Steve – recycled brass, aluminum, horn and bone supporting youth in Kibera & Featuring the sustainable Community Based Project Ruby Cup – Menstrual Cup
Dorothy Ghettuba Live in Concert, Mar. 28 2013 @ Michael Joseph Centre
Date: March 28, 2013
Venue: Michael Joseph Centre
Time: 7 pm
Tickets: Kshs 1000
Featuring the photography exhibition through my eyes done by the children of Vision Africa
Exhibition: The Face of Nairobi by Michael Soi, Mar. 23-Apr. 12 2013 @ Goethe Institut
Opening: March 23, 2013
Venue: Goethe Institut
Time: 7 pm
Dates: March 25-April 12, 2013
Time: 1-6 pm
The exhibition series Sasa Nairobi is the basis of Goethe Institut’s work in the field of contemporary art. Since 2008, GI has exhibited around 30 artists, the last being a solo show by Mimi Cherono Ng’ok. Now they continue this series with the Kenyan painter Michael Soi. Being the son of one of Kenya’s well-known painters, Soi is a member of what can be termed as the second generation of Kenyan artists that emerged in the late 90’s.
His paintings are inspired by the city of Nairobi and revolve around its political, economic and social aspects. With satire and a humorous gaze he thus comments on political impunity, greed and Kenya’s growing sex industry.
The exhibition The Face of Nairobi is an ongoing portrait series, depicting Kenyan women. Soi refers to the show as “a celebration of the mother, the sister, the aunt and the daughter. The work on display is from a series of 42 paintings, all portraying Kenyan women from all over Nairobi who can occasionally be seen walking down the street, in the bar or in the church.”
Exhibition Opening: Saturday, 23rd March 2013, 7 pm
Exhibition: Monday to Friday, 25th March to 12th April 2013, 1 to 6 pm
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