THE NAKED TRUTH IS… Pre album listening party/ art exhibition
ART and MUSIC.
A combination of art and Music.
As I play songs off the new album, take your time to scope the works of some of my favorite artists. Jacob Ezigbo Wachira and Eugene Cooke.
…Their works will be displayed for the next 2 weeks and available for purchase.
Two great artists from Two different parts of the world come together to create master pieces. Eugene Alala straight from Atlanta Georgia:
Harmony, balance, discipline and precision are the fundamentals of art. Over 20 years of creativity give birth to every line and brush stroke in Gebsite Visions. Eugene’s art is primarily figurative work. With the belief that beautiful images of ourselves help to encourage personal growth and self esteem, the focus of the work over the last ten years evolved into presenting images of people that promote and encourage higher consciousness. What this looks like is images of people in nature, in meditation and service.
Eugene’s first trip to Kenya in 2007, would prove to be beneficial to his creativity, as its landscape has proven to be a major influence in the artwork since his return. While in Kenya he had the opportunity to collaborate with artist Jacob Wachira Ezigbo and was able to leave a series of work in Kenya with film-maker Wanuri Kahiu. He’s back with more to show and give.
And Kenyan based Jacob Wachira
Born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1975, Jacob Njoroge Wachira cannot recall a time he was not drawing or painting. One of his favorite things to do was to create brightly colored murals on the sides of the houses in Mathare. Mathare is a gigantic slum in Nairobi where Jacob was born and spent his childhood. Jacob has traveled about the world yet he has chosen to return to Mathare where his lives today. Jacob adopted the name Ezigbo (ezigbo- meaning the good one from the Ibo community of Nigeria) he signs all of his painting Jacob W. Ezigbo.
When asked were his artistic inspiration comes from, Ezigbo says: My paintings are the only voice which I have, and which I sometimes hide behind, as people who live in Mathare don’t really have a voice. What we have is poverty; we lack health care, education and other basic amenities. We are at the bottom of the food chain; this means that many people here still dye of treatable sicknesses such as Malaria, TB, and Typhoid as well as preventable sickness such as HIV/Aids. Police brutality, ethnic and political violence and corruption is the norm here. Many officials, who are supposed to keep the peace and protect the people, actually prey on the ignorance and lack of education in the area. There is never a lack of inspiration to paint!
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