Unseen Art Scene

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Voodooman Director Henning Christoph

Bold, brave and interesting work indeed. Few people in the Western world are familiar with these practices. Voodoo has been so misunderstood and certainly has a bad press. Voodoo is the fastest growing religion in the world and has no Church. There are 1000's of Voodoos. Originally from Benin, West Africa each family has their own Voodoo and each practise is as different and varied as the next. This Movement on earth can not come at a better time as Voodoo is paramount in the universal understanding of the Continent, especially West Africa. Good luck to Henning with finishing this much needed film and hopefully we can all support you here.

HENNING CHRISTOPH IS ASKING FOR OUR SUPPORT SO PLEASE DONATE or BUY THE DVD and much, much more...

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Dr. Dambisa Moyo

Dr. Dambisa Moyo

Image of Dambisa Moyo

Dr. Dambisa Moyo is an international economist who writes on the macroeconomy and global affairs.

She is the author of the New York Times Bestsellers "Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa", "How The West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly - And the Stark Choices Ahead" and "Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World".

Ms. Moyo was named by Time Magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World", and was named to the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders Forum. Her work regularly appears in economic and finance-related publications such as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal.

She completed a doctorate in Economics at Oxford University and holds a Masters degree from Harvard University. She completed an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and an MBA in Finance at the American University in Washington D.C..

Books:
Dead Aid
Winner Takes All

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

MONA DOUF | ARTIST

@rtPunch - Artistic Team in Kampala

Here are some exciting works by the @rtPunch Team in Kampala with Wasswa, Sheila, Helen and others. The Leopard is showing it's spots. Fantastic celebration of 50 years of Independence in Uganda.

Eria 'Sane' Nsubuga | Ugandan Artist

Cattle Dung Artworks

Artworks by Ugandan Artist | Eria Sane Nsubuga - 2012 - 50 Years of Independence and life has changed so very little.

Here is an artist clearly angry with many aspects of the world. The Art World. The Third World. The Lack of Development in his World. Here is an artist that Amnesty and Liberty should be aware of. He has done more this year for Uganda than any other person in East Africa in the last 50 Years - We must celebrate the artistic bravery of Eria Nsubuga and ensure his works are seen, understood and written about. The present day issues within Museums around the world of the primitive mixed with the modern. The tribal with the contemporary - these works are strong responses to those outside Africa, representing the Continent so poorly.

Guy Fawkes Day

My Right To Be Heard

Tolerance Repect for Divergence

Cattle Dung - Ugandan Cultery

Cattle Dung Sculptures

Kifete - Tribute to Romano Lutwamo

When an artist or an individual uses dung, feces, excrement or shit the work holds a special energy and a specific anger directed at the authorities; whether the works are by Chris Ofili and his elephant dung paintings or the Arabs inmates in Iraqi prisons under America Guards or the IRA suspects in the H-Block in Northern Ireland..Using shit is a human beings last resort and a way in which few dare to create works of Art. Only the brave and courageous among us would be so daring. Eria Nsubuga, this year, has excelled himself and shown his works to have Universal appeal and the artists of Uganda to be regarded as World Class International Artists. He has certainly pushed the boundaries to there limits in this, the 50th Anniversary Year of Independence for Uganda.