Oliver-okoth

Exhibition: In a Grey Kenya by Oliver Okoth, Jul. 2-Aug. 20 2013 @ Le Rustique

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Oliver-okoth
Art Nairobi and Le Rustique are pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of Oliver Martin Okoth In a grey Kenya

Dates: Until August 20, 2013
Venue: Le Rustique Restaurant

About Oliver
Born in Nairobi in 1980, Oliver has a diploma in commercial art from Poona University- India.

Question & Answer

This is your first solo exhibition, isn’t it?
Yes, it is and for the first time, an opportunity to show a large number of works. I am exploring here relevant topics of the society: I have diverted from my main source of inspiration which is music to concentrate this time on corruption, tribalism, election, the place of justice, our identity.

Would you see your work as provocative?
I do not want to insult people but I want to express my frustration. We have all let the country down, we have accepted everything. We are caught in a vicious circle for so long, we are the problem as well. With time, I hope we can make changes by reflecting on ourselves and not always blaming the others, our neighbors for example, I believe that education, self-consciousness and ethics can provoke changes and Art is one way.
With this exhibition, I do not feel like an ostrich burying my head in the sand and just for that, the exhibition is meaningful to me.

Shabu mwangi

Exhibition: by Lawrence ‘Shabu’ Mwangi, Apr. 25-May 24 2013 @ Le Rustique Restaurant

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Shabu mwangi
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.