Mixed media on paper
85 x 70 cm
White shadow box frame
Framed: 95 x 80 cm
Sold


This soldier looks appalled, sitting on a heap of skulls, and seems to be expressing the total powerlessness of his position (“lembele” means exhausted, having no motivation, in Lingala). This work calls to mind the clashes and acts of violence which have plunged into mourning the east of the country for years.