The uncanny and the magnificent

The uncanny and the magnificent by wani toaishara (b. 1990, Bukavu, D.R. Congo

Wyndham Art Gallery in collaboration with Wominjeka Djeembana research Lab present the works of wani toaishara (b. 1990, Bukavu, D.R. Congo).

Toaishara's practice explores, interrogates, and challenges conventional representations of Black life through poetry, photography and moving image. His imagery draws on photographic languages including the studio portraiture, architecture, staged tableaux, documentary photography, archival images, and the family album engaging acquaintances, family as well as strangers across the diaspora.