Exhibitions

Raphael Muchoma | Benjamin Livoi ‘ELEMENTS WITHIN  seeks to explore: our daily life, the people, our joy, sorrow, compassion, hatred, pride, abundance, poverty, success, beliefs, culture, norms, bliss, concern, kindness, indifference, modernity, tradition, a study into humanity and our juxtaposition in the cycle of civilization.’

The inaugural Visions of Time exhibition opens on 23rd Augusts and highlights a wide range of tipics including the life story of the artist having been brought up in the biggest slums of Kenya as well as girl life and mental health issues. He quotes ‘growing up in the slum had never been easy due to the poor sanitation, drug abuse, crime, unemployment and depression. The huge part of the population of Kibera are youth and the best way to express themselves and have their voices heard was through their talents mostly through sports, music and art.” Running through November, this exhibition co curated by Benjamin Livoi and Sally Otieno, highlights several topics including the slum life, Gril Child, Mama mboga, Mental Health and Early Child Pregnancy. Through diverse media -painting, sculpture, and installation- Art Benny contribute a dynamic dialogue that connects the Kenyan life view to a broader global audience.

Curated by Benjamin Livoi and Raphael Muchomba, the art show hosted paintings, sculptures, mosaics, multimedia, and collages from over 20 artists from Kenya and Uganda. The show with its rich mix of colors, formsand styles, emphasizes how visual art from different African cultures, religions and lifestyles, can come together and communicate a common language/ theme even when the artists interpret the subject from a different perspective, ethnic background, race and age group. In the selection of the artworks, the selection panel fused style of each artist and the individual technique together in a short but truly African art collaboration.