Author: Rob Perrée
Osaira Muyale
Africanah.org at 5: We celebrate the 5th anniversary of this magazine with the re-publication of a number of remarkable essays or interviews. September 2014 Rob Perrée interviewed the Aruban Artist Osaira Muyale in her studio. A remarkable meeting.
“I have been looking into my identity for years. From my childhood on until today. I remember that I always felt misplaced, unsafe, insufficient, different, not wanted. I could not understand where I was, or why I was here. I did not know where I belonged to. I felt as if I came with a different purpose in life. I did not understand why and therefore my communication was limited or misunderstood most of the time. I became quiet and speechless.”
Osaira Muyale from Aruba in conversation with Rob Perrée.
René Tosari: graphic work
Tosari is different from his predecessors. He combines different printing techniques in his graphic works, he adds depth and layering. Tosari is conscious that he has to communicate a message, but this does not stop him from making room for detailing and originality. His predecessors were sometimes more limited in their technical options – the early Mexicans for instance –, but they were also often less professional and creative. The visual language of revolutionary printed matter was standardized to a large extent.