GALLERIES: A search for self that is for us all

A Fragment of Ourselves Returning V, by Beatrice Wanjiku. PHOTO | FRANK WHALLEY | NMG

Life is rarely what it seems, and to enter the current exhibition of paintings by Beatrice Wanjiku is to stand both at the entrance to the womb and on the edge of the grave.

With international honours to her credit — voted top African artist at the New York Art Fair, among them — and widely praised for her entry in the most recent Venice Biennale, Wanjiku is among the foremost artists of this region.