Abanene

Eria Sane Nsubuga

Abanene
An exhibition of paintings by

Eria Sane Nsubuga

13th - 27th September 2013

Afriart Gallery, Kira Road, Kampala

Eria Sane Nsubuga (b. 1979)

Eria Nsubuga Sane graduated from Makerere University in 2008 with a Masters in sculpture from the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts. He currently lectures at the Department of Art and Design at the Ugandan Christian University in Mukono and practises in painting, illustration and sculpture. From April to September 2013 Sane participated in a 5 month residency programme at 32 East | Ugandan Arts Trust, Kampala. Sanes first solo exhibition took place at AKA Gallery in 2002. Since then he has had several successive solo exhibitions in Kampala including AKA Gallery, AfriArt Gallery and Alliance Franaise. Sane has exhibited at the KLA ART 012 (Kampala Contemporary Art Festival) in 2012, East African Art Biennale in Dar-es-Salaam, the Milan Triennale in 2007 and the Florence Biennale in 2011. He has participated in group exibitions at the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre and the Goethe Centre in Windhoek, the Rahuset Exhibition Hall 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 Art Summit in Nairobi (2011).

Eria Sane Nsubuga in his studio at 32 East | Ugandan Arts Trust

Abanene: An Exhibition
Abanene (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 depictions of the big, rich and powerful figures 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 figures 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 with cow horns; a powerful reminder of the significance of the abanene in African society. In partnership with the Abanene series of paintings is a collaboration with filmmaker and animator Eric Mukalazi. Abanene: The Chronicles is a four minute 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 the West? Will the Ugandan visual artist ever reach the lofty heights of being classed Abanene? You decide.

Deal Eyisseemu 100 cm x 100 cm Mixed Media

The Happy Confessor 122 cm x 122 cm Mixed Media

Waiting Game 53 cm x 37 cm Mixed Media

The Smile of Relief 53 cm x 37 cm Mixed Media

At the Serena Hotel 135 cm x 119 cm Mixed Media

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

Happiness at the Expense 120 cm x 100 cm Mixed Media

Burden of Patriots 80 cm x 50 cm Mixed Media

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

Corridors (Of Power) 200 cm x 200 cm Mixed Media

The Comfort of Enough 100 cm x 100 cm Mixed Media

Arrogance 70 cm x 70 cm Mixed Media

Knock Knock Prophet at the Door 40 cm x 60 cm Mixed Media

Tamed by Time 95 cm x 58 cm Mixed Media

The Modern Bride 97 cm x 61 cm Mixed Media

The Owakabi 140 cm x 80 cm Mixed Media

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

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