Description
Acrylic, Oil and Beads on Canvas, Angela Wambui (Kenyan, born 1996)
Title: Mirror Reflections, 2024
122 x 122 cm
Signed ‘Wambui (front)
Provenance: direct from the artist.
In Mirror Reflection, the artist explores the unsettling experience of losing one’s sense of self. The broken mirror becomes a metaphor for moments in life when we no longer recognise who we are, when circumstances, pain, or change fracture our identity.
Yet the fragmentation is subtle; the mirror’s grid appears almost perfect, suggesting how easily disconnection can hide behind the illusion of wholeness. The work takes on an interactive dimension: as viewers approach the mirror, their reflection shifts from distortion to clarity, mirroring the process of self-recovery and acceptance.
An inverted female figure evokes the chaos that often accompanies transformation, questioning whether the person we have become through life’s disruptions is one we recognise, or one we’ve simply learned to live with. Mirror Reflection ultimately asks us to confront a deeply human question: do we like who we have become, and how life has shaped us?
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