Tag : Sculpture
Artists
Ahmed's work highlights the plight of Afghanis who, by virtue of their country being located at the crossroads between East and West, have been invaded many times over the centuries. He hopes to show through his piece, 'Attack on Afghanistan', that human rights in Afghanistan are never considered,...
Tatiana has used 'Time Capsule' to ensure the victims of the Armenian genocide are never forgotten. A large hourglass houses fragments of human bone that Tatiana's mother collected on a visit to the Der Zor desert in Syria. It was here that hundreds of thousands of Armenians died as a result of the...
The 27 year long civil war that wreaked devastation across Angola moved former soldier, Antonia Tomas Ana, to fight against injustice, discrimination and tribalism. He uses his sculptures to protect the fragile from the strong. The loss of the freedom of expression and privacy in today's Angola is...
Walter Sisulu was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress. When he married Albertina in 1944, Nelson Mandela was his best man. Like Mandela, Walter was jailed for life in 1964, serving 26 years behind bars. Marina has unveiled this public sculpture on...
Jelili's sculpture is an analysis of the devastating conditions in Nigerian prisons, especially in the cells for those awaiting trial. Suspects can be held in custody indefinitely in what observers say is a gross violation of their human rights. The piece consists of 61 maquette-size female...
This Ghanaian environmental artist has created an installation from waste plastic bottles, copper wires, discarded sandals, scraps of paper and nylon, different coloured umbrellas and a broken computer. In all, around 400 pieces make up the sculpture. Olaniyi's works are known to provoke debates,...
Ugandan sculptor Peter Oloya uses sculpture as a form of therapy to overcome a profound, personal trauma. When he was a child, he witnessed the deaths of friends and family who were victims of the bloody insurgency waged by the Lords Resistance Army. Peter's work draws on traditional African visual...
