Research Catalog

Title

Otobong Nkanga : to dig a hole that collapses again / edited by Omar Kholeif.

Publication

Chicago, IL : Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago ; Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2018.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kholeif, Omar
• Cole, Teju
• Nkanga, Otobong, 1974-

Description

135 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

MCA Monographs

Uniform Title

MCA monographs

Subject

• Nkanga, Otobong, 1974- artist, author. > Exhibitions,
• Performance art > Exhibitions
• Personality and culture > In art > Exhibitions
• Art, Modern > Black authors > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Painting, Nigerian > Illinois > Chicago > Women authors > Exhibitions
• Art, Black > Illinois > Chicago > 21st century > Women authors > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Nigerian poetry (English) – Women authors.
• Exhibition catalogs.

Call Number

Sc F 18-242

ISBN

• 9783791358000
• 3791358006

LCCN

2018007489

OCLC

1023818749

Title

Otobong Nkanga : to dig a hole that collapses again / edited by Omar Kholeif.

Publisher

Chicago, IL : Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago ; Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2018.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

MCA Monographs

MCA monographs

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Kholeif, Omar, editor, curator.

Cole, Teju, contibutor.

Nkanga, Otobong, 1974- Works. Selections.

Research Call Number

Sc F 18-242