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Collage, Paper on Paper
Size: 20.1 W x 24.8 H x 1.6 D in
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Sempeyo is a portrait of a young Maasai girl whom I met in Tanzania. Ireflect upon the fragile existence of the Maasai, seminomadic pastrolists of East Africa. These bold and dignified people captivate me.I have resided in many remote settlements in both Kenya and Tanzania. Absorbing the culture, taking photographs anmd making drawings of women swathed in brightly coloured cloth and adorned in ornate beadwork. I use the cameo shape to encapsulate the Maasai portrait.Portrait miniaturesreflected the social history of the times. Whilst my portraits may not be in miniature form, they encapsulate the essence of the miniature. Like a loved one, the existence of the Maasai people, their culture and traditionneeds to be preserved, protected and cherished. I return a percentage of the sale of my work to the Maasi communities who have inspired the portraits.
Collage:Paper on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:20.1 W x 24.8 H x 1.6 D in
Frame:Gold
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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Kimberley Gundle lives in London. She is known for her rich colour palette. Kimberley has always been drawn to people, her work is a social encounter. For the last decade, Gundle’s work has been inspired by the Maasai Tribes of East Africa, whom she encountered during a charity hike across the Great Rift in Valley in 2009. She was captivated by the brightness of their flowing cloth and ornate beadwork amidst the harsh aridity of the landscape. Over the years, Gundle returned many times to the area and stayed with remote tribal communities, making sketches and being present in the vibrancy of Maasai Culture. Gundle's drawings, paintings, ceramics and bronzes inspired by the Maasai have been exhibited globally, most notably at Collect Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery in London 2019, and at the Venice Biennale 2017, 2015 and 2013. Gundle returns a percentage form the sales generated by her work to the communities whom inspired her, thus enabling projects such as bringing fresh water to 5000 people in the Olosokwan community in Tanzania. In Gundle's recent work, she turns her lens back to London, her adopted home. Gundle sketches daily on the London Underground, likening these encounters to the fleeting moments of contact in the Social Media world we inhabit. From her daily sketches, Gundle Is hand-building a series of ceramic portraits. She is working toward an upcoming exhibition for a London Immersion.
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