Artists Eugene Miera, Mutune Waweru probe ancestry, emotion in joint Kibera art show
A duo exhibition, Tides of Presence, by Eugene Miera and Mutune Waweru combines two distinct yet complementary practices to examine memory, labour, ancestry, and belonging.
Running from May 9 to June 21 at Nobody Owns Me Gallery at Kibera Arts District, the exhibition is curated by Santana Sino. It explores the memories, experiences, traditions, and spiritual beliefs that remain after something or someone is no longer physically there.
Miera’s 12 works are drawn from the lakeside and the ocean to represent the spiritual and everyday lives of fishermen and those who depend on the water. Growing up near Lake Victoria and later settling along the coast in Watamu, he is fascinated by the similarities between the lake and the ocean.
Miera Fish Market, a piece by Eugene Miera [Courtesy]
