Donald Wasswa’s exquisite wood creature emerges from speculative future – Huge

Donald Wasswa uses silk trees, ebony and embedded copper details to imaginate the imagined creatures. Headquartered in Kampala, Uganda, Wasswa explores the relationship between science, technology, society and environmental transformation. His sculptures loosely resemble jellyfish of tentacles, but somewhat dark and sharp, evoking a unique tension between familiarity and unknown. Knowledge biology and science fiction.

Through the process of manipulating materials, Wasswa believes that the secret life of familiar objects “and how they again determine future humans,” said Circle Art Gallery, representing the artist. If you plan to be in London this fall, see Wasswa’s work at the Contemporary African Art Fair from October 16-19.