Benon lutaaya biography channels
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Bio: Antonio Mora is an experienced creative Spanish who after an extensive career like designer and art director, ends finally in the art to give free rein to his inexhaustible fantasy, to his eager expressive needs. He describes himself as someone who makes cockails, realizes from images found in blogs, magazines, and fusing them together, works of great forcefulness and expressive force that do not leave anybody indifferent. They disturb.
“I want people to feel inspired when observing my artworks, and that is what I long for. I often look at images hundreds of times without finding anything, and then the spark just arrives. It’s a bit like fishing, a matter of patience and intuition.” – Antonio Mora
Double exposure portraits blend human and nature worlds into surreal hybrid artworks. Mora works with images he’d found browsing through online databases, magazines and blogs, and then fuses them together using skillful photo manipulation techniques. His seamless way of mi
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Art Africa Feature Article
SELF REFLECTION
Considering the complexities embedded within the African context and African identity, the structuring of its land and the conditioning of its people are often characterized by precarious political systems, with dire social and environmental circumstances as their catalysts. However, as a multifaceted continent rich in its diverse cultural influences, the African identity is one that is tightly bound to beliefs of hope, tolerance and ongoing transition.
Uganda-born artist Benon Lutaaya physically and conceptual dismantles to reconstruct the dialogue and representation of the complex “African” experience. He channels personal introspection into the reconfiguration of boundaries or limitations. The artist has attained a BFA at Kyambogo University, Kampala, leading him to pursue art professionally in 2010.
As a result of crippling financial circumstances hindering him from acquiring art supplies, he quickly learned the skill of improvisi
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[intro]Ugandan-born collage artist, Benon Lutaaya draws inspiration from his own life experiences and explores issues related to homelessness, isolation, fear and identity. He works with paper collage, acrylics and mixed media to construct fragmented, fragile and visually rich collages that speak to his continuing journey of creativity through vulnerability. Following his most recent exhibition at GIBS, which we brought to you a few weeks ago, The Journalist’s Khehla Chepape Makgato speaks to Lutaaya about life as an artist, his obsession with hard work and being an entrepreneur.[/intro]
What are the origins of your interest in the cultural meanings of collage, and how did you come to evolve the wide-ranging, interdisciplinary approach to collage?
First of all, I believe that, our life itself is a collage of a series of experiences. My interdisciplinary approach to collage was born out of my total lack of financial resources to afford proper art supplies as well as to support