Exhibition: Otobong Nkanga

The Studio Museum Harlem, New York.

"FLOW"

2 apr 2008
29 jun 2008

Flow is the first twenty-first century exhibition focusing on art by a new generation of international artists from Africa. These artists are uniquely conscious of, and responsive to, recent African history, global economics and the idiosyncratic culture of the new millennium. Presenting approximately seventy-five works in all media by approximately twenty emerging international artists under the age of forty, this exhibition will feature models of imaginary architecture, wall sculptures of beads and decorative elements, digital photography, new video, paintings and site specific installations, among other media. The artists, who hail from eleven African nations, reside mainly in Europe and North America and travel to and from Africa regularly. The majority of them have never been included in major U.S. museum exhibitions and are virtually unknown in this country. Modeled after Freestyle, our landmark 2001 exhibition, which was followed in 2005 by Frequency, Flow will illustrate the individuality and complexity of the visual art produced by a dynamic generation of young artists, this time with a global perspective.

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Delta Stories CB and FB.jpg - From the series of 18 Drawing Delta Stories. Otobong Nkanga. Title: Crying Blood and Flaring Blast. 2005-06. From the series of 18 Drawing "Delta Stories".