Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu is popping heads and bending actuality. Her vibrant portraits mix ladies seamlessly into richly patterned materials, creating hypnotic optical illusions that remember African id whereas questioning how we see magnificence, tradition and self-expression. Now, Muriu returns to Paris for her third solo exhibition, “Clouds Carry Blessings”, at 193 Gallery. For the primary time, she’s created her personal tie-dye materials, calling nature her “uninvited co-creator”. On this version of arts24, Muriu opens up about her journey from Kenya’s first feminine business photographer to a worldwide artwork sensation – and the way material, gentle and heritage weave collectively in her hanging visible universe.
Thandiwe Muriu: She turns African materials into optical illusions and the world can't look away
