abanene' by eria 'sane' nsubuga

7/29/2019 'Abanene' by Eria 'Sane' Nsubuga

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Eria Sane Nsubuga

Abanene


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Abanene

13th - 27th September 2013Afriart Gallery, Kira Road, Kampala

Eria Sane NsubugaAn exhibition of paintings by


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Abanene: An ExhibitionAbanene (the Luganda word for the big ones) is a series of work fuelled by the artists personal experience of the capitalist health care system.Eria Sane Nsubuga uses his canvasses to express a satirical and spontaneous dissent towards the injustice of the system. Through humorous depictionsof the big, rich and powerful gures in his society Sane draws us into a world of consumerism and greed. He urges the viewer to question why we should

look up to these gures who take so much yet they remain highly placed on the social pedestal.

Symbolic in representation the artist uses the cow, often used in the work of his Kenyan contemporary Peterson Kamwathi, by depicting men in suits withcow horns; a powerful reminder of the signicance of the abanene in African society.

In partnership with the Abanene series of paintings is a collaboration with lmmaker and animator Eric Mukalazi. Abanene: The Chronicles is a fourminute animation bringing the mind and work of Sane to life. Will the American curator ever appear at the gallery to buy and show the artists work in theWest? Will the Ugandan visual artist ever reach the lofty heights of being classed Abanene? You decide.

Eria Sane Nsubuga (b. 1979)Eria Nsubuga Sane graduated from Makerere University in 2008 with a Masters insculpture from the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts. He currentlylectures at the Department of Art and Design at the Ugandan Christian University inMukono and practises in painting, illustration and sculpture. From April to September2013 Sane participated in a 5 month residency programme at 32 East | Ugandan Arts

Trust, Kampala.

Sanes rst solo exhibition took place at AKA Gallery in 2002. Since then he has hadseveral successive solo exhibitions in Kampala including AKA Gallery, AfriArt Gallery andAlliance Franaise. Sane has exhibited at the KLA ART 012 (Kampala Contemporary ArtFestival) in 2012, East African Art Biennale in Dar-es-Salaam, the Milan Triennale in 2007and the Florence Biennale in 2011. He has participated in group exibitions at the FrancoNamibian Cultural Centre and the Goethe Centre in Windhoek, the Rahuset ExhibitionHall in Copenhagen, the Art Museum in Shanghai and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.He was selected as artist in residence at the Oberpfalzer Knstlerhaus in Schwandorf,Germany (2004) and the Kuona Trust in Nairobi (2003). Sane attended the Tulipamwe

International Artists Workshop in Okakarara, Namibia (2009) and the East African ArtSummit in Nairobi (2011). Eria Sane Nsubuga in his studio at 32 East | Ugandan Arts Trust


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Deal Eyisseemu100 cm x 100 cmMixed Media


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The Happy Confessor

122 cm x 122 cmMixed Media


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Waiting Game53 cm x 37 cmMixed Media

The Smile of Relief53 cm x 37 cmMixed Media


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At the Serena Hotel



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The Fat Man (Omunene)119 cm x 129 cmMixed Media


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Happiness at the Expense120 cm x 100 cm

Mixed Media


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Burden of Patriots80 cm x 50 cmMixed Media

Burden of Patriots (II)80 cm x 50 cmMixed Media


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Corridors (Of Power)



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The Comfort of Enough100 cm x 100 cmMixed Media


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Arrogance70 cm x 70 cm

Mixed Media

Knock Knock Prophet at the Door40 cm x 60 cm

Mixed Media


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The Modern Bride97 cm x 61 cmMixed Media

Tamed by Time95 cm x 58 cmMixed Media


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Big is Big (Munene Originale)120 cm x 100 cm

Mixed Media

The Owakabi140 cm x 80 cm

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