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Yellow

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One Off is pleased to present​


​Yellow

​Thirteen artists exhibiting
Opens Saturday 30 January 2021


Exhibition Run:
EXTENDED
Saturday, 30 January through 28 February 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

‘There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.’   Pablo Picasso
No colour has a neat unambiguous symbolism, but yellow gives some of the most mixed messages of all. It is the colour of pulsating life – of corn and gold and angelic halos – and it is also at the same time a colour of bile, and in its sulphurous incarnation it is the colour of the Devil.  In animal life, yellow – especially mixed with black – is a warning.  Don’t come near, it commands, or you will be stung or poisoned or generally inconvenienced.  In Asia yellow is the colour of power – the emperors of China were the only ones allowed to sport sunshine-coloured robes.  But it is also the colour of declining power.  A sallow complexion comes with sickness; the yellow of leaves in autumn not only symbolises their death, it indicates it.  The change shows that the leaves are not absorbing the same light energy that they used to take in when they were green and full of chlorophyll.  It shows that they no longer have what it takes to nourish them.
Excerpt: Colour – Travels through the paintbox by Victoria Finlay
‘Yellow’ was curated following an open call for works containing a predominance of that colour.  As with previous shows in the colour series, we are always surprised and delighted to receive works from artists not previously known to us, along with jewels from some of our established gallery artists.

In this new exhibition, we feel that works from Allan (Think) Kioko are of particular note, whilst Samuel Muriithi’s delicate water colour works exhibit an appealing sensitivity as do Merciana’s with her unusual choice of motor vehicle imagery.  We have exhibited Zephaniah LuKamba’s beautifully rendered oils before.  David Kipkoech steps up with a strong set of digital prints whilst veteran artists Kamal Shah, Olivia Pendergast, Sebawali Sio and Thom Ogonga exhibit works representative of their individual styles and vast experience.  Irene Katumbi, Mumbi Maturi and Nyamenya are all strong emerging talents whilst Staice Shitanda shows his powerful Black I and Black II photographs previously exhibited in our virtual show Photography 20:20. 


Preview of Works

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Zephaniah Lukamba  – Bado Tunajenga  –  Oil on canvas – 45h x 35w cm -  Kshs 45,000
Zephaniah Lukamba  – Coming Out Strong  –  Oil on canvas – 45h x 35w cm -  Kshs 45,000
Samuel Muriithi – Young Duckling – Watercolour on paper – 31h x 37.5w cm – Kshs 25,000
Samuel Muriithi – Pool Sunday  –  Watercolour on paper – 28h x 29w cm – Kshs 25,000
Merciana – Road Work – Watercolour on paper – 36.5h x 49w cm – Kshs 19,500
Merciana – The Bug – Watercolour on paper – 32.5h x 43w cm – Kshs 19,500
Nyamenya – Untitled | Garden of Eden – Mixed media – 66h x 59w – Kshs 40,000
SOLD - Irene Katumbi – Red Crown – Acrylic on canvas – 48h x 40w cm – Kshs 33,000
Mumbi Muturi – Let in the Light – Watercolour on paper – 78h x 57.5w cm – Kshs 62,000
Thom Ogonga – Untitled – Mixed media on canvas - 118h x 84w cm – Ksh 190,000
Kamal Shah – Masked Messages – Acrylic on canvas – 61h x 84w cm – Kshs 150,000
Sebawali Sio – Macho Majani – Mixed media on watercolour paper– 41.5h x 33.5w cm – Kshs 50,000
Sebawali Sio – Raising Faces of the Sun – Mixed media on watercolour paper – 157h x 76w cm – Kshs 200,000
Allan “Think” Kioko – Sunflower Puppeteer – Mixed media on canvas – 90.5h x 82w – Kshs 131,000
Allan “Think” Kioko   – Laundry Day – Mixed media on canvas – 105.5h x 90.5w – Kshs 131,000
Allan “Think” Kioko  – Barua Pepea – Mixed media on canvas – 105.5h x 75.5w – Kshs 131,000
Allan “Think” Kioko  – Compassion I – Mixed media on paper – 107h x 74w – Kshs 131,000
Allan “Think” Kioko – Compassion II  – Mixed media on paper – 107.5h x 83w – Kshs 131,000
 Olivia Pendergast – Boy on Yellow – Oil on canvas – 91.5h x 61w – Kshs 420,000
Olivia Pendergast – Naivasha Landscape in Yellow – Oil on canvas – 50.5h x 40w – Kshs 180,000
David Kipkoech – Chini ya Mwavuli  | Edition 1/1 – Digital Print and oil on canvas – 96h x 98w cm – Kshs 90,000
SOLD - David Kipkoech – Msongamano wa Magari | Edition 1/1 – Digital Print and oil on canvas – 100h x 80w cm – Kshs 120,000
Staice Shitanda – Black I | Edition 1/5 – Photographic print on paper – 48h x 41w cm – Kshs 40,000
Staice Shitanda – Black I I| Edition 1/5 – Photographic print on paper – 43h x 43w cm – Kshs 40,000
Kaspa – Stand By Me – Mixed media on canvas – 100h x 100w cm – Kshs 150,000
Kaspa – Rise to the Sun – Mixed media on canvas – 140h x 140w cm – Kshs 220,000


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