Ngomibanje art exhibition features diverse thoughts, feelings
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- 15 Aug 2022
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“Ngomibanje”, a collective art exhibition by contemporary visual artists Thierry Muhirwa (thie_mu-Hirwa) and Family Love Nduwimana (fL_art_1) kicked off in Kigali on the evening of August 12.
The exhibition which is taking place at Ipfundo Art Gallery, Kiyovu, will run until August 20.
It features 30 artworks that portray diverse themes sparked by the artists’ feelings and thoughts.
According to Muhirwa who is exhibiting 12 artworks, the idea for the exhibition came in 2021 when he and Nduwimana were still students at Ecole d’Arts de Nyundo.
When they nurtured the idea, they decided not to limit the exhibition about a particular theme hence opting to craft down their thoughts and feelings as well as their perspectives towards the community.
He explained that they decided to name the exhibition “Ngomibanje” as a way of manifesting the merit of the word "Ingoma", a drum, in the Rwandan culture and tradition, declaring that it was a high symbolic item for Rwandans since the reign of the King and served as the supremacy of the Kingdom.
“Getting this name was to trigger the attention of Rwandans and foreigners to showcase the mastery of the Rwandan artists in this generation just as "Ingoma" was meant all along,” he said.
“We also wanted to reveal what the new generation is capable of doing, proving skills and vast experience into the modern world of contemporary art.”
One of his artworks titled "My Dad's Shoe" portrays how a person craves to have something another person has and Muhirwa communicated that “it’s only a matter of time for someone to achieve what he wishes.” Read More…
