What Clifford Kibuuka’s colourful hues reveal about sound of the city Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Kibuuka Clifford has become defined by his painting of Kampala settlements; compacted together, and with tiny glowing light illuminating them in the dark. The settlements- sometimes shanty in nature or boxy in form – …
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Top artists, rural women, and foreign activists create perfect space to find out at Makerere Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Makerere Art Gallery in Kampala is hosting an exciting show titled `Taboo Exhibition’. Part of the thrill is the novelty of it creation, the nature of its installations, and the …
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Adonias Ocom’s halos fall on unusual suspects Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Normally, a saint is a holy or pious person. In ordinary speech, it might mean someone known to be good or morally upright. Not so, says Adonias Ocom. The painter sculptor has an ongoing exhibition at Afriart Gallery, …
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Contradictions in decolonising art training in Africa Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Formal western art training in the East African region started with Mrs. Margaret Trowell, a Christian missionary, who first lived in Kenya and later Uganda. It is in Uganda during early 1937 that Trowell established her first art …
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Metaphors of Buganda or images of exploitation? Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | A current exhibition of Geoffrey Mukasa’s works at AKA Gallery in Kamwokya, Kampala relieves his bold and controversial portrayal of the human form, especially the female. A painting by Geoffrey Mukasa would never be complete without these women. …
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Serenityscapes as metaphor for self-freedom Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Whenever regular art gallery goers around Kampala are confronted with a striking painting of a beautiful waterscape, associations immediately connect it to Edison Mugalu. This impressionist artist’s name has become so synonymous with the subject that many cannot imagine him …
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Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The board game (Omweso) is a gendered installation that highlights the patriarchal nature of the African traditional society. As such, it is a game that is only reserved for the male specie and women are forbidden from playing it because they have to perform household …
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Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Renowned Ugandan sculptor, Dr. Lillian Mary Nabulime of Makerere School of Fine Art, is celebrating 25 years of art making with an amazing display at Afriart on 7th gallery located in Industrial Area, Seventh Street, on the The Studios Building. The exhibition features highlights of …
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Beyond the label, is there any truth to the compartmentalisation? Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | When Jak Katarikawe started to make art in the 1960s, everyone was stunned. Katarikawe, an illiterate, was a driver for David Cook, a Makerere University Professor of Literature (1962 1977). Katarikawe’s break through as …
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East African biennale Kampala focuses on commonality Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Art has a universal language. That is why five East African countries can showcase as part of the East Africa Art Biennale currently running at AKA Gallery in Kamwokya, Kampala. The artworks, by different artists, from different …
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