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  1. Peek X by Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Image 1.

    Ayobola Kekere-Ekun

    Peek X

  2. Untitled 2013 (Ballerina in Mozambique) by Catia Nhanissane, Image 5.

    Catia Nhanissane

    Untitled 2013 (Ballerina in Mozambique)

    Acrylic On Canvas

    14 x 14 x 1 in

  3. Billie's Blues by Jerry Gant, Image 6.

    Jerry Gant

    Billie's Blues

    Wood, Canvas

    17 x 13 in

  4. Sem titulo by Malangatana Valente Ngwenya, Image 6.

    Malangatana Valente Ngwenya

    Sem titulo

    Oil On Canvas

    13.58 x 9.25 in

  5. Untitled by Akintola Hanif, Image 3.

    Akintola Hanif

    Untitled

    23 x 17 in

  6. Threshold II, 2023 by Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Image 4.

    Ayobola Kekere-Ekun

    Threshold II, 2023

    29.913 x 24.015 in

  7. Sem Titulo by Malangatana Valente Ngwenya, Image 1.

    Malangatana Valente Ngwenya

    Sem Titulo

    Ink On Paper

    15.74 x 10.43 in

  8. Hostile by Pierre Mukeba, Image 2.

    Pierre Mukeba

    Hostile

    66.89 x 44.48 in

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About the artist

Pierre Mukeba

Congolese

b. 1995

Congolese-Australian painter Pierre Mukeba (born in Bukavu c.1995) explores themes of violence and atrocity alongside family and personal strength in his depictions of people and narrative scenes from his childhood. Black figures in his work convey power and strength in the face of struggle. Culled from the news or inspired by Mukeba’s childhood memories of the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and refugee camps in Zambia and Zimbabwe, the stories are revealed in works like Manhood (2019), which features figures adorned in African textiles, their patterned fabrics drawn with exquisite detail in pen and ink. He has said that his choice of colors reflects a symbolic scheme drawing on his ancestral roots; in Mukeba’s eyes, red represents war and power, blue is seen as a representation of devotion and goodwill, and yellow symbolizes optimism and prosperity. He also frequently incorporates red to convey the feelings and life his native country inspires. He won the Churchie National Emerging Art Prize in 2017 the Ramsay Art Prize People’s Choice Award in 2019. He has exhibited at the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art and the NGV Triennial.
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