John Baptist Sekubulwa Union jack and a stainer white cloth
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Short Description
John Baptist Sekubulwa Union jack and a stainer white cloth
Original oil on canvas 150 x 160 cm from 2021
Signed by the Artist
Description
Born in Makindye-Kampala in 1990, Ssekubulwa studied art at Margaret Trowell School of Industrial Art specializing in anatomy drawing, graphic design and painting. It was his three siblings that gave him an early start in visual art as he copied their Batman illustrations and later this passion grew into a profession.
Ssekubulwa’s art is conceptual with an edgy expression of the inner-self that was inspired out of boredom to routinely draw wildlife images. Typical of his now experimental undertakings, the artist produces art that examines the ongoing political- social affairs that fit appropriately within the global context while referencing the past and present. In his art, the artist is eager to show that the past and present are identical. The present rise in nationalism, racism and slavery that all existed before, are today replicated although with a glaring insensitivity of the international media and some of the continental or global cooperation agencies.
The brain is a recurring motif in his current artworks that figuratively represents the communities that take part in these experiences either as victims or villains of these atrocities. Yet the brain is central in the choices or decisions these communities make that consequently affect them. In light of such metaphorical appropriation, Ssekubulwa is a humanist who is concerned with bringing order to systems that have been decimated by greedy and selfish characters.
Ssekubulwa has participated in 2018 Kampala art biennale - curated by Simon Njami, 2017 ‘Surfaces’ conceptual workshop and exhibition at Afriart Gallery - mentored by Henry ‘Mzili’ Mujunga, 2017 Residency at 32degrees East - Uganda arts trust, Kampala, Uganda.