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A peak into colonial past through art

Jessica Atieno's show at the Redhill Art Gallery. (Courtesy)

Today marks the final day of Jessica Atieno's exhibition at the Red Hill Art Gallery.

When you enter the gallery, you are greeted by a series of what at first glance are reprinted archaic photographs, but upon a closer look, the works are a collage of different photographs, with the main image being a picture of precolonial Kenyan individuals, with other photographs superimposed in the background of the image through digital collage and printing.

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