Dar es salaam arts followers were treated to an
entertaining exhibition dubbed 'Cabinet of Curiosit’y at Nafasi Art
Space venue over the weekend.The event which involved among other artists, Delphine Buysse,
Charlotte Schattenmann, Jan van Esch, Vita Malulu, Francis Patrick and
Gadi Ramadhan, aimed at promoting creativity among domestic artistes.
A variety of artworks by the quartet were displayed, in which
artists used different media including sculpture, paintings, drawing,
photography, engraving and printing. to create their respective
artworks. Buyse, who supervised the exhibition with Schattenman, said the
event gave domestic artists an opportunity to demonstrate the power of a
collective and multicultural creation, sharing knowledge, techniques
and competence.
‘We wanted the exhibition to be a microcosm of the best and worst
things, a memory theory of wonders and monstrosities’, she said. She said the participating domestic artists struggled to understand
the exhibition's theme in the early stages but then managed to
successfully put their creativity to work once they were conversant with
the theme.
‘They were free to do what they wanted to do. They took the
exhibition's theme and did it in a different way’, Buysse said. She was
full of praise for the domestic artists and expressed optimism over the
latter’s ability to make great strides in the profession. ‘Tanzanian artists have improved a lot. Malulu's artworks for
instance, are very impressive...they have a strong message’, she said.
Some of Buysse's artworks showcased West African beliefs, popularly known as voodoo.
‘Africans respects their beliefs very much but in Europe, people do not respect their beliefs’, she disclosed. Schattenmann's artworks included Metamorphosis and Mirabilia which showcased the relationship between human beings and nature. Buysse said the Cabinet of Curiosity was the second collective
exhibition to take place in Tanzania, with the first having taken place
in 2013 and involving four artists.
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