Cyrus Kabiru Quotes
born 1984 Kenya
Cyrus Kabiru (born 1984) is a Kenyan visual artist.
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To me, being an Afrofuturist is a mix of creativity from different continents
I can’t live without doing what I am doing. No art, no life
I wanted to create that identity where when you see me, you see my work
I love nature and that's the reason I work with recycled material
I’m lucky that what I am doing is what I was dreaming
The materials dictate to me what to make
I feel like one of nature’s soldiers
We believe much, in Africa, in a certificate. We believe that if you have one, that’s the life
Being an artist, for me, is a bit of a hard life, and I can’t encourage someone to be an artist, because he’ll suffer
As an artist, there are no set imitations as to what I should create and so I experiment a lot
I used to tell my dad, 'When I grow up I'll give trash a second chance
I try not to let my work get overshadowed by the story of poverty
I don’t want to sell poverty. I want to sell creativity
People feel like my work is made by an old guy, but when they see me, they are like ‘wow!’ I think because the materials I use are old, they are not shiny or new