Sudan: Waleed Mohammed - Using Art to Preserve Sudan's Collective Memory
Sudanese visual artist Waleed Mohammed uses art to document the collective memory of his country. Working from a studio in Nairobi, he uses painting and multimedia to explore transformations in Sudanese lives. His work is inspired by historical photographs and family albums. He draws on personal experiences with war and displacement. The art covers memories from before the war and the period following the outbreak in April 2023.
[Dabanga] Nairobi -- Sudanese visual artist Waleed Mohammed is seeking to document and reclaim the country's collective memory through artworks inspired by historical photographs and family albums. Drawing on his personal experience of war, displacement and the dispersal of his family, he uses painting, diverse materials and multimedia from his studio in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to explore the transformations in Sudanese lives since the outbreak of war in April 2023, as well as memories of the years before it.