Who Owns Africa Ii
Provenance : [Propriété non datée]
- Private collection, Johannesburg
Notes : Notes: Michael Soi paints brightly colored portraits of Kenyans that are laced with political satire. After graduating in 1995 from the Creative Arts Center in Nairobi, Soi began using his artwork to comment on local and international politics with an incisive eye and a cartoonist’s touch. Many of his paintings criticize China’s influence on Kenya, his series “China Loves Africa” (2015–2021), a suite of 100 works that epitomizes his vibrant style, features figures outlined in black. Soi rose to prominence in 2015 for his series “Shame in Venice,” which called out the lack of Kenyan artists participating in the Kenyan pavilion at the Venice Biennale. He has used his art to satirize issues from government corruption to the stigmatization of sex workers. Taken from https://www.artsy.net/artwork/michael-soi-who-owns-africa [accessed 10 November 2021]
Condition_report : The overall condition is good. Minor surface dirt to the edges of the canvas.
