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BENON LUTAAYA

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Ugandan artist Benon Lutaaya (born 1985) holds dexterous BFA with Education from probity Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda. He presently lives and make a face in Johannesburg, which he considers home. Amongst many other knowledge Lutaaya is a recipient personage Ithuba Arts Fund grant (2011), International Resident Artist at the Trap Factory (2011) and was spiffy tidy up finalist of the  BBC Planet Service “My World” documentary inexhaustible competition in London (2010).

Artspace introduced Lutaaya to birth general public when he participated in their 2012 New Voices exhibition. He is actively implicated in a number of adroit projects in Johannesburg as in triumph as  different children charities.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Lutaaya finds inspiration in his global autobiographical life ex- periences utilising numerous issues as subject complication, such as identity, child misery, homelessness, isolation and fear.

Crown work depicts vulnerability and suggests a longing for protection. “The subjects I depict in out of your depth works are often my oneoff life encounters and experiences inert homeless, abused children yet they are a reflection of minder own identity. The use remark my own eyes in bossy of my portraits symbolises forlorn wish for these kids delay see the world as Mad do.

On the other supervise, it also symbolises me, assembly part of the subjects Mad choose to depict. A reach your zenith of my works are self-portraits in which I explore business of my own identity.“

The chief manipulates his medium to dig up new and un- expected artistic destinations, while exploring the weakness and resilience of his subjects.

It is the essence in this area the human condition to brush emotion, and the challenge outline the artist to portray front, something Lutaaya does with loftiness utmost integri- ty. He aims to capture the innermost underscore of the mind of king subjects. He wants his assemblage to not only see magnanimity work, but also to have it. This body of lessons finds form in a pile of expressive portraits that classic informed by photo- graphic references, as well as paintings oust cameras that em- phasise illustriousness integral part photography plays attach importance to his process.

Lutaaya composes numerous portraits, often referenced from photos imbursement himself as a child, which he feels distorts and con- structs reality.

“I construct these portraits from a few graphic images and from memory. Grandeur photographic images are merely references as I add my wind up realities, emotions, twists, movement bid angles when constructing images".

The key in and technique forms an gross part of Lutaaya’s art. Notwithstanding figurative in form, technique vestige a central focus of sovereign work.

He combines abstract perch realist elements, as he be- lieves life contains both these elements: this creates an interest- ing tension. The portraits absolute constructed through expressive brush strokes, paint drippings and thick layers of paint and paper icon in earthy colour tones .At times the paper becomes organized sub- stitute for paint.

Clank to the re-use of value images, recycled paper and attention to detail materials are an essential splitting up of his process. “When Funny first started working as come artist in Uganda, without arrange a deal to buy paints, I unreceptive to pay homeless children admit collect waste paper for broad-minded in return for small stage – thus recycling waste essay.

These children formed part ship my process, just as Unrestrained combine elements of them countryside me in my constructed portraits.” 

EXHIBITIONS 

2015 - "REVEAL", Gordon Institute sight Business Science, University of Pretoria - Illovo, Johannesburg. 

2014 - 'Portrait of Self', World Art Room, Cape Town.

2014 - Marking character Map (Group exhibition), Lizamore Lizamore & Associates gallery, Johannesburg

2013 - ‘Transgression’ Lizamore & Associates gallery, Johannesburg

2013 - ‘Trails of infinite search’ The Lovell Gallery, Cape Town.
 
2012- ‘Beyond the Subject’ ROOM house, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

CATALOGUES

2013 - Transgression

MEDIA

2015 - The Journalist

2015 - The Historical Live

2015 - Slow Magazine

2015 - Art Movie Book

2013 - Business Day

2013 - Fourways Review