Next Future logo

Otobong Nkanga, artista nigeriana presente na Bienal de Berlim

Published4 Aug 2014

Otobong Nkanga, In Pursuit of Bling, Installation, 2014 / Berlin Biennale © Berlin Biennale

Otobong Nkanga's é uma artista nigeriana que apresentou, na Bienal de Berlim, este ano, o trabalho "In Pursuit of Bling" (na imagem). Nascida em 1974 naquele país africano, vive actualmente na Bélgica. Na sua obra, explora a questão da terra e do valor dos recursos naturais; as suas origens, a questão da memória e da história dos lugares integram igualmente a sua produção artística, que inclui desenhos, instalações e fotografia. 

Forming a complex of associations, this progression is created by a constellation of small platforms in black metal of different sizes all linked together. This recurring image in the artist’s work allows her to present a very diverse collection of documents, weaving together the relationships based on the mineral and its history (past and contemporary, collective and individual) in visions of varying clarity. The installation features the mineral itself both cut and raw, sculptures, cards, photographs, cosmetics, video footage of performances, poems, text excerpts, and even “X-rays” of mica plates. This impressive assembly of various mediums extends across the natural resource at the heart of an ingeniously interwoven system.

Pode ler o artigo completo na Contemporary and.