Emerging Trend: Jubilee Themed Narrative in Contemporary Art Spaces

The is an emerging trend in Kenya where artists are coming up with compositions which are pro-jubilee. This narrative is what is expected from a team that emerges victorious in an election contest. However, one must give credit to UhuRuto team with coming up with a unique name which had the right contest [Kenya celebrating 50 years of independence]. 

It would be interesting to know if these artists who come up with such compositions get any advantages from the current administration. Also, would be good to know if this is the start of a unifiication project by use of the art space.

• Jubilation Remix by Ringtone

• Kenya 50 years

Art: Backlash on Kenya’s Performance at 55th Venice Biennial Continues..

Backlash on Kenya's de-tasteful performance at Venice continues this time on a well written post in the blogosphere. I like his assertion below; 

The presence of a national pavilion, especially for countries participating for the first time, signifies a confidence; a newfound progressiveness and cultural involvement by governments, which demonstrates to the world the brilliance of contemporary artists available within the nation’s borders. It also goes to demonstrate a society with a heightened creative capacity, one that continuously speaks to itself and possesses a cultural consciousness that the government continuously supports. - cryptic paradoxes

You can read the whole article here