In Kenya, rubbish reborn as art

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In Kenya, rubbish reborn as artIn a room that is both home and studio, Evans Ngure works on a sculpture, a fantastical fish fabricated from found objects: wooden spoons, broken scissors and an old machete. Long before upcycling became a hipster mantra, Ngure turned his Nairobi apartment into a workshop, and junk into art, his choice of artistic expression echoing a necessary developing world culture of re-use. After trying his hand at painting and graphic design, Ngure became a "junk artist" as an act of reciprocity and community.


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