‘Deprivation’: Where metal carries Sudan war memories

Artworks from Deprivation by Adlan Yousif on display at One Off Contemporary Art Gallery in Nairobi on April 13, 2026.

Photo credit: Billy Ogada | Nation Media Group

Adlan Yousif’s exhibition unfolds like an unsettling walk through a carefully tended war cemetery. Contorted figures, assembled from fragments of scrap metal, stand frozen in silent testimony.

Polished to a muted shine, they still carry the scars of endured pain. These sculpted forms are not merely figures; they are embodiments of war’s aftermath—its senselessness, its banality, and its enduring human cost.

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