Wuh.ey - “Kipofu wa Dhahabu”

From the series: African Fusion
Paper: Hahnemühle Fine Art Archival Print
Sheet size: 60 × 60 cm
Year: Edition of 2025
Edition: 3 + 1 AP

Wuh.ey – “Kipofu wa Dhahabu”

In front of a wall of symbols of faith, power, and abundance stands Kipofu wa Dhahabu— "the blind man of gold." The shells over his eyes conceal his vision, but their gleam replaces sight with knowledge. Golden chains, beads, and signs of sacred splendor point to a new form of sanctuary—one born of identity and self-awareness.

The figure wears the invisible like a crown. What she doesn't see, she sees internally – a spiritual capacity for seeing beyond the visible. Behind her, Christian, African, and pop cultural iconography interweaves into an altar of the present. The fabric image reads "WUHEY" – simultaneously a signature, a mantra, and a revelation.

Kipofu wa Dhahabu is a portrait of the power of inner light in a world blinded by external appearances. The refusal to see constitutes a radical act of insight—the eye of the soul, not the eye of the body, becomes the center of truth.