Wuh.ey - “Mwana wa Maua ya Maumivu”

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 – “Mwana wa Maua ya Maumivu”

Mwana wa Maua ya Maumivu – "The Child of the Flowers of Pain" – depicts a figure between tenderness and resistance. Her eyes are veiled by black fabric, her gaze forced inward. From the darkness grows a wreath of passion flowers, symbols of suffering and redemption, sprouting from her head like a living halo.

Golden teeth glow in the dim light, necklaces and piercings point to the body as a site of transformation and dignity. Every flower, every metal line is both a wound and an ornament—a reminder of pain, but also of the ability to create beauty from it.

In this silent pose, a paradoxical portrait emerges: an act of self-coronation through vulnerability. Mwana wa Maua ya Maumivu is a meditation on pain as a source of spiritual power—a painting that doesn't scream, but breathes.