Behind-the-scenes: making Samson Kambalu’s elephants

Discover how artist Samson Kambalu collaborated with others to create his elephant sculptures for his exhibition New Liberia.


In this video, meet the team behind Samson Kambalu’s life-size elephant sculptures. To create the works, Kambalu collaborated with seamstress Ann Tutt and a group of MFA students from the Ruskin School of Art. See how the students respond to Kambalu’s use of deconstructed university gowns to create these giant art works, on display at Modern Art Oxford until 5 September 2021.