0508-The Bully

Sebastian Kiarie
Tanzania 
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 78 x 57 cm

This bully lives in me, he is the other me, he bombards me with bouts of fear, anxiety worries and shamelessly hurls insults at me, telling me-am nothing but a sucker and I do not do anything right. I wonder who will save me from the other me. / 2021

Artist: Sebastian Kiarie
Sebastian Kiarie's works are focused on his need to unravel the complexities of human condition and to re-examine his cultural conditions and events around him. In this body of works, he employs gestural brushstrokes stylized images and abstract elements to make predominantly figurative work that dissects differences in human inter-relationships. His works have been acquired by Museum Tervuren, Belgium and the Kenya National Museums, Kenya and also held numerous private collections both in Kenya and abroad.