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The East African
Friday January 08 2021
Summary
Meet an emerging talent that projects a dystopian view of life, seeing people as animals subject to base desires and examining shifting identities through masks.
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One of the most interesting artists among the current crop of emerging talent is Moira Bushkimani.
Working across a wide range of media, including drawings, sculpture, found objects, paper cut-outs, photography and video, she tackles the big issues head on.
Her focus is on the animalistic nature of people; and how stripped of our faiths and the social and political apparatus most of us take for granted, we are at the mercy of our base survival needs and desires.