Out of Town/Play: Of Cords and Discord Ft. Valentine Zikki and Veronica Waceke, Sept. 9 2018 @ Le Rustique – Nanyuki

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Date: September 9, 2018
Venue: Le Rustique, Nanyuki

Time: 3 pm
Tickets: Advance KES 1,200/- (Pay Bill 910193) and KES 1,500 at the Door
Written and directed by Kigondu Martin and produced by Wanjiku Mwawuganga.

SYNOPSIS
Of Cords And Discord – is a dark humoured thrilling drama that explores how much baggage family relations can hold. From familial cords of siblings to those of couples, does love always conquer all? Joan has called her sister Jane to rush to her ‘could be breakdown’ after Ken (Joan’s celebrity husband) has been caught in another of his scandals. The sisters time together is a montage of nostalgic and heartfelt moments looped in chilling discoveries of their current predicament. Betrayal cuts deep – but so do knives. The latest Prevail Arts Company production assures of an ecstatic ride!

Out of Town/Thrilling Drama: What Happens in the Night, Oct. 8 2017 @ Le Rustique Restaurant – Nanyuki

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Date: October 8, 2017
Venue: Le Rustique, Nanyuki
Time: 3 pm
Tickets: Advance KES 1,000/- (0721 609 601 or 0725 832 607) | Door KES 1,500/-

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NIGHT – Our Riveting next attraction!
SYNOPSIS: The news makers go home too; the media personalities, the artistes and the leaders – those expected to give commentary on the times. What happens when the scandals they investigate and instigate follow them home? Roy is having a tough time at work as a news anchor, he lives with his sister Ng’endo, a nurse who has her own issues to handle and Don their father, an ex politician who might have gotten himself in some murky business. Will their family and relationships stand the storm that hits their home? A riveting drama about a prominent family trying to balance their personal baggage with being in the limelight, while interrogating the on-goings of Kenya in frustrating times.

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.

Exhibition: Works by Omosh Kindeh, Wilson Mwangi & John Silver, Jul. 7-Aug. 5 2012 @ Le Rustique

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Dates: July 7- August 5, 2012
Venue: Le Rustique

Works by: Omosh Kindeh, Wilson Mwangi and John Silver

About
Omosh Kindeh is 31 years old. He lives in Nairobi and works as a sculptor and painter. The work on view at Le Rustique is part of his most recent paintings.His source of inspiration purely comes from the society, his habitat and Nairobi, depicting human variations, their nature and behaviors. He particularly like the sense of aesthetics that comes from particular buildings, their lines and angles which are very often broken by the curves of human bodies in an attempt to express the thin line between our habitat and our identity

Wilson Mwangi was born in Nairobi in 1976 and attended Muhoro Sec School for the Deaf (NYERI) in which he passed his national examination. His sense of composition made of clear cut lines combined with contrasted colors make each of Wilson’s painting look like a jigsaw puzzle where the imbrications of animals, landscapes, symbols play a special role to make each work coherent despite the number of elements.

John Silver is a self taught artist. His woodcuts prints have found their way to several institutions, among others the Victoria and Albert Collection in London. John’s prints have a dream-like quality, full of colour, texture and fantasy.

Art exhibition: Kaafiri Kariuki, Mar 4-31 2011 @ Le Rustique

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Kaafiri Kariuki was born in 1973 and has been drawing and painting since childhood. His technique –‘the Dancing Pen’ as he calls it- is an intricate and time-consuming method with Rotring pens. His art critiques the status of society, something that he refers to as an “ironic existence”.

The symbols of the village, the slum and the “big” city are at the core of his critical pictures that have nostalgic references to “naive” Africa.
The artist, a former street child, set up the Mukuru Arts and Crafts project in Nairobi’s industrial area in 2003.

The exhibition comprises of old and recent works on paper as well as sculptures.