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No be today story o! [Otobong Nkanga]

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Object Details

author

Nkanga, Otobong Edet 1974-

Author

Christensen, Michelle
Conradi, Florian
Lumen Travo Gallery
Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI

Subject

Nkanga, Otobong Edet 1974-

Notes

"Co-edition Violet Stichting, Mondriaan Stichting and Nieuwe Vide Artspace"--Container
Essay on container by Michelle Christensen and Florian Conradi
Reproductions of drawings exhibited at Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, Mar. 26-May 8, 2010
The container (a translucent silkscreen white envelope) holds a "Singer-stitched" portfolio divided into four sections, each containing a series of prints
Title from container
AFA copy 39088016701716 is a regular copy of a limited ed. of 500 copies (30 special, 470 regular)

Contents

Filtered memories 1977-81 -- Social consequences I -- Filtered memories 1987-96 -- Social consequences II

Summary

Filtered memories are a series of drawings based on selected memories of the artist. Nkanga filters and selects moments in her childhood and teenage years that had a certain impact on her life. These memories refer to the loss of innocence, home, security and of loved ones. The titles of the drawings are of important significance that help the reader to place each event in a specific place and time. Experiences and memory are frozen in time, giving a glimpse into the artist's personal experiences, both in her homeland and Europe. Social consequences I, II are a series of drawings, which can be seen in relation to the Filtered memories series; they reveal concepts behind ideas of labour, domesticity, home, belonging and possession. These drawings have a surreal, yet diagrammatic feeling, clearly illustrating cause-and-effect scenarios, using everyday symbolic objects

Date

2010
21st century

Call number

NC367.6.N53 N532 2010

Type

Exhibitions
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books (books)
Artists' books
Exhibition catalogs
Specimens

Physical description

19 art reproductions color 27 x 19 cm.-27 x 95 cm., some folded to 27 x 19 cm., in container 33 x 24 cm

Place

Netherlands
Nigeria

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Drawing, Nigerian
Artists' books

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

siris_sil_992726

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