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Theresa Musoke

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By looking at these species, you’re not just looking at a representation of an East African landscape but a metaphor for abstract emotions that Musoke hints at in her visceral vicissitudes of a pack of dogs violently tearing apart a prey.

Wambui Wa Mwangi on the work of the Ugandan artist Theresa Musoke, who lives in Kenya.
Dancing with the trees, 1990s, mixed media on canvas

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