Art Writing Kampala Blog

Mentorship, Synergies at 5th edition of Look One Art Exhibition By Dominic Muwanguzi   Artist Akshanti Bafunyempaka explaining his paintings to viewers at the opening of the Exhibition What happens when you give a group of young artists a platform to express themselves? Often times, the unexpected happens. These artists will dig deep into their creativity to create art that captures their wild imaginations, and by doing so touch in a unique way the emotions and feelings of their audiences. This has been the tradition of the annual Look One Art exhibition organized by Xenson Artspace to provide opportunities to young artists to create and showcase their art in a professionally run art space. Unlike the previous editions, this 5 th edition premises itself beyond the ideal of offering opportunities to exhibit art.   It emphasizes the aspect of creating synergies in the way artists work and showcase their art but also offers deep thoughts on the subject of sustainability in a...

Mesmerized in Ronex By Gorreth Nagajja Saturday 7th December 2024 saw us taking a walk in an alternate reality. At Art Writing Kampala, more than a dozen writers and artists strolled through the home studio of one of Uganda’s most successful art practitioners, while he followed his mesmerized visitors, calmly but proudly explaining the technique and meaning behind hundreds of art works on display and even hundreds more carefully shelved away. “I did not cleanup. I wanted you to see the art in the mess from which it comes.” Not a man of many words, each statement is filled with much wisdom, and “I am not limited by identity, rather I am driven by the process that transforms...” Ronnex is that once in a generation artisan whose hand can mold all media to his will. A wood sculpture here; and there, a mysterious female gaze peeking from a world beyond the canvas; and at the edge of your vision a column of metal sculptures glaring at you as they would in an Egyptian revival art museum. ...