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'stories' is based upon a short story by Dambudzo Marechera which appears within his first publication, The House Of Hunger (1978). The piece is painted upon mdf board using oil paint. Beneath it lies one of the first paintings of the Blackeyed Angel. These were all executed using Giotto blue as the background colour. There are theoretical reasons for the use of this colour; namely a question of heritage. Are the white colonials and their descendants permitted to tell the story of Black Africa? If not, what artistic territory can they traverse?