Sanaa Gateja: FNB JoburgArtFair East Africa Focus | Presented by Afriart
Sanaa Gateja, detail of Youth As One, 2016. Upcycled paper on bark cloth: magazines, officer paper and publicity materials, into beads. All images courtesy of Afriart Gallery, Kampala.
ART AFRICA: You opened your own gallery in Mombasa, Kenya in the 70s, called Studio Sanaa. Were you a practicing artist at the time?
Sanaa Gateja, The African Journey, 2016. Upcycled paper on bark cloth into beads.
Sanaa Gateja, PATHS, 2016. Upcycled paper on bark cloth: magazines, office paper and publicity materials, into beads.
Size is a challenge that stretches material to its limits. The decision to make large works can be equally demanding in the thematic approach. The two large works I have submitted for the FNB JoburgArtFair are both under the theme ‘PATHS,’ and are made from bark cloth.