Artists use pieces to give form to their loss

The loss of a loved one and the grief that ensues tends to be a private affair. Yet in the case of four artists brought together through their connections with Dream Cona, their loss inspired a conversation that eventually led to their holding an art exhibition at The Arbor in Nairobi’s Westlands.

Entitled Ekenyagwechwechachwecheria which is the Kisii name of a mysterious lizard-like creature that changes colour and comes and goes from sight, the four agreed on the metaphor for what grief felt like for them.