Wambui

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ABSOLUT Art Transformation

I think I took the challenge up because of the amount of pressure we would work under. First of all no collaborations. I have wanted to collaborate with Tonnee Mugo or Kevin Odour on something for a while. I thought this would be it. It wasn’t. But… It need to be mobile/ transportable. It needed ...

Between A Rock And (2014)

A triptych tale of the shapes taken by an individual to get themselves out of a situation. Incorporates verses from a poem written by the artist, titled “Hissy Fit” On this painting, the verses used are: “She is the snake she is in the same skin she tries to shed. She is hollow – empty ...

“Lately” Said My Brush

“Lately,” said my paintbrush as it swept my soul across the body of paint and spread me onto the canvas. Things have changed in regards to how my paintbrush wants to paint. Influences too have moved. From Jackson Pollock and (sometimes) Keith Haring. New voices are Gustav Klimt and Jean Paul Gautier.    

"Lately," said my paintbrush.

“Lately,” said my paintbrush as it swept my soul across the body of paint and spread me onto the canvas. Things have changed in regards to how my paintbrush wants to paint. Influences too have moved. From Jackson Pollock and (sometimes) Keith Haring. New voices are Gustav Klimt and Jean Paul Gautier. The Kiss and ...

Multi-currency Confusion (2014)

Since the days of the miniskirt, women’s bodies have played a wonderful game of chess with the body as political. This piece represents how one woman’s projection in the mind of a man is not another woman’s projection in the same mind. The currency of the female form can be confusing. This painting is ...

Liberated African Woman (2014)

Fela Kuti talks about a woman who thinks she is liberated but is actually not. A critique on feminism. An African woman dances in this painting, clapped for by others – oblivious to her “mental incarceration.” A painting inspired by the actions of an artist – observations made. #subtweet Acrylic on ...