ISBN:
9783791358000
,
3791358006
Language:
English
Pages:
135 Seiten
,
26 cm
Series Statement:
MCA Monographs
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Nkanga, Otobong, 1974 - Otobong Nkanga
DDC:
709.2
Keywords:
Nkanga, Otobong 1974- Exhibitions
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Nkanga, Otobong
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ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Group Shows
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Performance art Exhibitions
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Personality and culture Exhibitions
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In art
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Art, Modern Exhibitions
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21st century
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Painting, Nigerian Exhibitions
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Illinois
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Chicago
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ART / Digital
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ART / Conceptual
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Kunst
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Zeichnung
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Lyrik
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Ausstellungskatalog Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 31.03.2018-09.09.2018
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Bildband
Abstract:
"This publication celebrates the Antwerp-based, Nigerian-born artist Otobong Nkanga, who explores cultural and historical conflicts as well as the exploitation of Earth's natural resources. In capturing the fraught relationships among people and their environments, Otobong Nkanga illuminates the social, political, and economic histories--and legacies--of colonialism. This beautifully illustrated book, which focuses on the artist's drawings, is published in conjunction with Nkanga's first US survey and showcases the artist's compelling and thought-provoking oeuvre: MCA curator Omar Kholeif's essay reveals the rich background of Nkanga's varied subjects, including the historic realities of Nigeria, memories of her childhood, as well as the signs of global, covert economies. In a narrative piece, the acclaimed author and art historian Teju Cole offers a poignant counterpart to Nkanga's work as he reflects on his experiences growing up in Nigera. And interspersed throughout the monograph are the artist's newly written poems, inspired by the city of Chicago"--
Note:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Otobong Nkanga: To dig a hole that collapses again", presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, march 31-september 9, 2018
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