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Kenya Art comes to life and speak to the audience because the creator is immensely dedicated to his work. The sculptures, masks, paintings reflect the life, environment, traditional ritual which symbolizes the Kenyan people's emotional journey. The diverse ethnicity & vibrant population get captured in the Art.
The Mount Kenya Art Gallery have a good collection of the Authentic Art from ancient to modern times. Kenya Art gives importance to individual artist so that they can express themselves fully. Each of the artist have their own distinct style. Yet each of them represent the African reality in some way or the other.
Paintings hold a very respective position in Kenya Art. “A picture is worth a thousand words” this phrase proves to be right in case of Kenyan paintings. The variety include oil paintings, batiks, using natural dyes like charcoal. The paintings are usually done on cotton cloth, woven fibers or tree bark.
The painters choose subjects according to their preference. Ocean life, wildlife, relationships between communities & people, cultural festivals & practices, everyday life as perceived by the artist draw the attention of the audience at once.
Kenya Art is blessed to have some great artists like Daniel Mania, who used his art to capture the essence of the Kenyan culture. His paintings are much sought both in local and international market. After going through many hardships he has established himself as one of the renowned artist.
The “trademark” of his work is people with big feet.
His vision & passion are well reflected in his paintings like Cups of Life, Journey for Water, Cultural Festivities.
Kenya Art opens up a new world in front of us. All the Art lovers will be spellbound to see the masterpieces of the Kenyan artists.
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