Panel Series I – V 2000
The Panel Series evolved from deconstructing ‘Shelter’ a large architectural piece made from a clay, straw and sand mixture, which was squashed into a Hazel stick lattice consisting of three walls and a roof. Sections of this were cut away and reused by hanging them on the studio wall, hence ‘Shelter’ became regenerated into a new or recycled series of work. The panels were intended to amalgamate the two cultures of Kenya and UK by introducing Western materials such as wallpapers, mod roc and latex and paints to the surface. Binary oppositions of solid/void, interior/exterior, past/present, rural/urban, organic/industrial, natural/synthetic are present here.
Exhibited at Spike Island Open, Bristol (2000), and reconstructed for ‘Crossing Boundaries’ exhibition at National Museum and Art Gallery of Kenya, Nairobi (2001)
Funded and supported by AHRB, British Institute in Eastern Africa, CFCU Kenya, NMK.
Artwork
Panel Series I – V 2000