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Simultaneous Exhibition - Dialogue by Leo Cambria

​Contemporary Reflections


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One Off is pleased to present​


​Contemporary Reflections

​Eight artists exhibiting
Opening Saturday, 24 April - 10am to 4.30pm
Ends 23 May 2021 ​





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Gallery Open
​Tuesday through Sunday, 10am - 4.30pm


​​Please note that masks are mandatory around the gallery.​
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Timothy Brooke 2020 Exhibition Invitation

About the exhibition

The first half of 2021 has 'presented' as every bit as curious as this time last year.  Each of us is responding to the new and imposed challenges in his or her own way and throughout it all, artists are making art.  When asked about the effects of the pandemic on 'creatives', many have laughed.  'What's new?' is their mantra.  'We work in seclusion for days on end, often seeing no other human being.  We still have unstable, or non existent incomes! Almost nothing has altered.'  And so passes another day for an artist.

With our chosen eight artists the situation is well illustrated. We have selected strong works depicting life taking it's usual path.  Elias Mung'ora's animals are unaware that there is a pandemic, Wanjohi Maina's street vendors continue to work the streets, Xavier Verhoest's Baobab is timeless and oblivious, Dennis Muraguri's iconic Matatus still transport the populace, whilst Kyalo Justus' 'Thank you for the journey' seems tongue in cheek as he himself says he hates not being able to move around.

In addition, David Thuku's 'Red Room’ series is a continuum of previous works exploring the limitations and possibilities of space. He invites the custodian of the work to participate in the creative process but choosing the colour against which the work will hang, as seen clearly through his cutouts.

Then we have Allan 'Think' Kioko's 'Monday Blues'.  Well, that's any Monday for any one of us, isn't it? And lastly Anthony Wanjau renders in stone the timeless subject of Mother and Child, maybe to emphasize that as long as we have life on this planet, there will always be mothers and children.  Life really does go on despite a year of horrendous pain and loss for so many.​

Preview of Works

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SOLD - Xavier Verhoest - Flowers - Mixed media on vinyl - 100h x 63w cm - Kshs 140,000
Xavier Verhoest - Tree of Life | Somalia - Mixed media on vinyl - 110h x 136w cm - Kshs 240,000
Allan “Think” Kioko - Monday Blues - Mixed media on canvas - 131h x 121w cm - Kshs 240,000
Allan “Think” Kioko - Mother Nature's Dream - Mixed media on canvas - 90h x 91w cm - Kshs 131,000
SOLD - Anthony Wanjau - Mother and Child IV - Stone - 51h x 38w  x 25d cm - Kshs 98,000
Justus Kyalo - Thank you for the Journey I - Oil on canvas - 138h x 145w cm - Kshs 800,000
Justus Kyalo - Thank you for the Journey II - Oil on canvas - 145h x 138w cm - Kshs 800,000
Wanjohi Maina - Mama Matunda - Spray paint on metal - 77h x 35w cm - Kshs 62,000
Wanjohi Maina - Guitar Guy - Spray paint on metal - 75h x 39w cm - Kshs 62,000
David Thuku – Untitled V | Red Room Series – Oil sticks, tracing paper, acrylic and cut-outs on pastel paper – 182h x 130w cm - Kshs 320,000
David Thuku – Untitled VI | Red Room Series – Oil sticks, tracing paper, acrylic and cut-outs on pastel paper – 146h x 130w cm - Kshs 280,000
Dennis Muraguri – Beat Ongata Line Ltd | 2/3 Edition variable – woodcut print on paper – 111h x 121w cm - Kshs 600,000
Elias Mungora – The Seven Lean Years – Acrylic on corrugated board – 240h x 150w cm - Kshs 600,000
Elias Mungora – Current Meditations – Acrylic and photocopy transfer on canvas – 100h x 120w cm - Kshs 220,000

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