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Sahara Longe: Connection Through Art

Sahara Longe: Connection Through Art
Suits, 2021 © Sahara Longe. Courtesy of Timothy Taylor, London/New York

The much-lauded up-and-coming British artist talked exclusively to us about how the emotional and sartorial connection between two men – her grandfather and his brother – became the inspiration behind her painting, Suits

“I was looking at photos of my grandfather and his brother in Sierra Leone, and I loved their style, the way they dressed and carried themselves. As a child, I grew up with so many stories about their adolescence together before his brother tragically died in his thirties. They loved each other and were always together, so I wanted to capture that familial closeness.” – Sahara Longe

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