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The Bad and the Beautiful: Commercial Consequences Vs. Art-house Teleology
And yet, like so many other dictators, not only was Amin a frightening, deeply disturbed man, but he was also effortlessly capable of ineffable charisma and charm. The president clearly enjoyed...
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Kampala’s Spoken Words
Competitions can be classrooms. The Spoken Word Project in Uganda could be exactly that — a space to teach and learn. Designed by the Gothe Institut in Johannesburg, this transnational competition...
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Issue 037 – There Are Problems… and There Are Solutions
The art world is full of problems and solutions. Sometimes the problems seem so insurmountable that one wonders how an inspired mind could surpass them. Other times the possibilities are so apparent...
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Check Your Sex At the Door, Please!
By Samuel Lutaaya Tebandeke Sexual Politics Some think that sexual politics only exists in intimate situations between men and women. The Oxford English Dictionary defines sexual politics as: the...
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Africa, Kampala and the Irony of Progress
By Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi A new biennale committed to the promotion and dissemination of African art is born in Kampala, East Africa. Coming about two decades into the life of the Dakar Biennale, the...
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Revisiting the Value of the Arts in Uganda at UCU
By Gloria Kiconco On Monday, 11th May 2015, a painting by artist Pablo Picasso was auctioned for a record amount of money, $179m. In an article about the sale on the The Guardian site it was explained...
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A Tree in Public Space
By Moses Serubiri In October 2014, a Mutuba or fig tree was the focus of intense debate during an art exhibition. The Mutuba grows across tropical Africa, and is farmed in Uganda for its use in the...
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‘But I wonder, why do we have to be so bothered about the challenges of being...
Bisi Silva was recently appointed the artistic director of the Bamako Encounters: African Biennale of Photography that runs from 31st October-31st December 2015. Startjournal talked to her about her...
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Melancholy Exhibition, probes the pain of introspection and the joy of...
By Gloria Kiconco Walking into Makerere Art Gallery to view Ian Mwesiga’s Melancholy, I meet his painting “I am Only Human” (2015), directly across from the door. It is a destabilizing image that is...
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Artists and politics What is the relationship between artists and politics? Is this a subject they include in their art? Fred Mutebi’s exhibition, Queens Forever, showing at Afriart gallery, Kampala...
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Surviving Ugandan Art
Henry Mzili Mujunga I first met Ssalongo Joseph Matovu at Nommo gallery in 2000 at a time when Gregory Robison, a British printmaker, was activating print making in Uganda. Joseph Matovu (JM as he...
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Rampant Contemporary Kampala is Komakech’s playful performance in sculpture
By Gloria Kiconco Rampant implies something wild and unchecked, without restrain. It is often used to describe something unwelcome. Rampant Contemporary Kampala is not an aimed criticism at the...
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How a single street leads us to the future
By Stefanie K?sling A Fake Empire, the questions of bamboo, the belly of the beast, people dancing in lines, ‘Bonfire!’ – How a single street leads us back to the future. A usual street in...
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Constructions Exhibition bridges gap between Artists and Artisans
By Dominic Muwanguzi A collaborative project that involves two artists, Dr. Lilian Nabulime of Faculty of Industrial and Fine Arts Makerere, and Dr. Andrew Burton of Newcastle University, London...
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Decolonizing Art Education on the Continent At the launch of Another Roadmap Africa Cluster, at Nagenda International Academy of Art and Design (NIAAD) on 25th July 2015, some of the panelists chose to...
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Become Art Minded; Afriart launches Art Education Programme
“Art does not solve problems, but makes us aware of their existence,” sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz has once said. Arts education, on the other hand, does solve problems. Society needs people with...
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George Kyeyune’s ‘Quiet Dignity’ repeats subject matter, pushes subtle...
By Gloria Kiconco “The history of the art and design education from 1990 to the current cannot be complete without linking it to his [George Kyeyune’s] art practice and teaching.” This is what Dr....
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Duplicating Fabian Mpagi’s, the thinker, by Waddimba spurs controversy
By Samuel Kiwanuka The next big story in the Uganda contemporary art scene could be the duplicating of the painting, the thinker, by Edward Waddimba. The thinker (1993) is a series of paintings...
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Faceless Figures, White Cut-Outs
By Moses Serubiri What happens to Fanon’s followers during liberation? In what condition is Fanon’s nativism when revolution gives birth to independence from the terror of colonialism? How does Fanon...
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Glass mirrors Stacey Gillian’s triumphs and despair
By Samuel Kiwanuka The Kampala contemporary art scene is increasingly becoming exciting. Artists’ niche to experiment and innovate with new media now facilitates them to convey different forms of...
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