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The New Vision (Kampala) - November 18, 2005
Emmanuel Ssejjengo
The exhibition started on Thursday, November 10. Nafha Maani-Ebrahimi's jewellery mixes materials from different places, making a supercilious expression.
The Oriental meets Africa and Europe meets the Americas in her work. Her beads tell different stories about the places they come from.
Her colours are feminine; bright to the skin. And if jewellery is worn to be seen, her jewellery shouts out more and cannot be missed.
Her strings from the Oriental, in combination with West African beads, give the general outlook of abrupt beauty.
Fred Kakinda has granted children their hearts' desires and art lovers are going to be consumed by them.
"This time I have focussed more on children since they are the ones the exhibition is aiding," he says.
Kakinda is not wholly opening up new ground as a painter. His trademark brand, like his passion for women and landscapes, are evident that the children are an off-mark, not what many could easily identify with in many of his former paintings.
In the painting Pretty, he is back to the strength of a woman. He arranges women's bodies in a parody of coquettishness.
But few pieces go into that category. Kakinda goes more expressive than impressive. It is the balance of these forms that maintains the aesthetic in his painting.
He has kept much of the green, a natural colour. He only breaks the greens by applying the blues. His choice of green makes the paintings come alive.
They are more alive than usual, considering that he has included people, some of them children, in his landscape paintings.
To contrast his style, he has even attempted to use bright colours here and there. Kakinda is one visual artist who usually tries something new.
Though the two artists seem to come from different schools, it is surprising that there are similarities in the stories told through their art.
Maani-Ebrahimi clearly reveals her theme as 'unity in diversity'. Kakinda is not being thematic but there is a lot of unity in diversity in pieces like Cultural Call and Sharing.
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