Lillian Mary Nabulime

thumb|Lilian Mary Nabulime Lilian Mary Nabulime (born 22 December 1963) is a Ugandan born sculptor and senior lecturer of fine art. She is a lecturer at the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) and has published and exhibited her works in various exhibitions both national and international. Quotes Each sculpture features a distinct mask and facial expression as a way of exposing people’s mixed responses to the action of wearing a mask. I designed the masks so that they vary in size and texture. Some of the masks appear as thick and heavy while others are thin and light. On several of the figurines, the mask is worn tight around the face while on others the mask fits more loosely. A few masks cover the entire face of the figurine while others are worn halfway down the face. This discrepancy represents emerging groups of people who have acquired the habit of wearing masks only when they want to or believe that it is necessary. 74-lilian-mary-nabulime, www.duendeartprojects.com I chose terracotta as the medium for this series because of its fragility. Before it is fired, the clay is workable with significant plasticity and can be manipulated to create any type of form. After the clay is fired, the resulting terracotta may last for ages, but it can also break easily if it were to fall on a hard surface. The material’s fragility symbolizes the vulnerability of the public to threat of the pandemic. Not only may they fall ill to the disease, but their emotional state — which may already be volatile — can be exploited by those who surround them 74-lilian-mary-nabulime, www.duendeartprojects.com External links Category:Living people Category:Sculptors from Uganda Category:Women from Uganda Category:1963 births Category:Makerere University alumni