Kupaga Villas is proud to present ‘Back To Earth’, an exhibition of work by Tobias Ross-Southall. Using time spent in Zanzibar as a starting point, the brush stroke immediacy of Ross-Southall’s canvases are full of human touch. Whilst visiting the Ngorongoro Crater, he acquired some soil from a local Maasai and turned it into a pigment to paint with. Also on display was a short film documenting a day in the life of the famous Jaws Corner in Stone Town, Zanzibar. Where people come to meet, have coffee and conversation. Created for @circa.art responding to the theme ‘Communion’.

Seaweed Farmer, 2021
Watercolour on 300gsm heavyweight paper
210 x 297mm

Babu, 2021
Ngorongoro earth, charcoal and acrylic on canvas
100 x 135cm

Dada Na Mtoto, 2021
Ngorongoro earth, charcoal and acrylic on canvas
100 x 145cm

Seaweed Farmer IV, 2021
Ngorongoro earth, charcoal and acrylic on canvas
80 x 100cm

Rafiki, 2021
Ngorongoro earth, charcoal and acrylic on canvas
45 x 30cm

Cecilia, 2021
Ngorongoro earth, charcoal and acrylic on canvas
45 x 30cm

Abu, 2021
Ngorongoro earth, charcoal and acrylic on canvas
30 x 30cm

The Lost Rave I, 2021
Charcoal, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
100 x 130cm

The Lost Rave II, 2021
Charcoal and acrylic on canvas
117 x 145cm

The Lost Rave III, 2021
Charcoal and acrylic on canvas
117 x 145cm

Mama II, 2021
Charcoal and acrylic on canvas
115 x 160cm

Seaweed Farmer III, 2021
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
100 x 130cm

 

Jaws Corner, 2021
2mins 30sec
Directed by Tobias Ross-Southall
Creative Director : Anya Clark
Director of Photography : Toran Wolstencroft
Camera Operator : Haji Haji
Narrated by Farouque Abdela