Lot 41
Kenyan, born 1976
Bird Watchers at Maragwa, 2004
Signed ‘Okello.04’ (lower middle)
Oil on canvas
122 x 91.5cm
KES 120,000 – 170,000
USD 1,350 – 1,950
Provenance: private collection
Sold KES 305,240
Anthony Okello’s works over the last 5 years have characteristically been allegorical compositions with a cast of animal and human forms playing out mythologies collected from local communities. In his recent series of work there is a move towards a more personal mythology. Okello was born in Kenya and studied art at the Buru Buru Institute of Fine Art before moving to Kuona Trust in 2004. His work is included in various private and corporate collections such as PwC and Afren PLC. His work has been published in ‘World Art Collection – 1001 reasons to love the art’ and he has exhibited in Kenya, India and France.