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Known for his sculptural tapestries of woven aluminium and three-dimensional objects in the same medium, Dickens Otieno's engagement with his chosen medium reflects his interest in the way colour, texture, pattern and iconography imbue ordinary objects with meaning and identity. He draws heavily on his immediate physical surroundings, particularly the urban environment in his native Nairobi to create his compositions. Objects piled high in markets, the constantly shifting skyline, the pockets of nature in the concrete and steel maze of Nairobi – these are the sources of Otieno’s …