Nnenna Okore Ceramics
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Nnenna okore ceramics. Nnenna okore born in australia 1975 is an artist who works both in nigeria and the united states her largely abstract sculptures are inspired by textures colors and forms within her immediate milieu. Political by nature 2013 nnenna okore. Courtesy october gallery london. Okore s work frequently uses flotsam or discarded objects to create intricate sculpture and installations through repetitive and labor intensive techniques.
Ulukububa at october gallery london by jessica hemmings surface design journal july edition 2009. Ceramic and burlap 216 x 280 x 31 cm. Would you say that there is an element of theatre in your work. Two tributaries in african art cleveland museum of art cleveland ohio july november 2020.
Has the theatre inspired you. The botanical forms you construct are larger than life and almost otherworldly. 14 10 2015 contemporary african art gallery new york ny current show nnenna okore. My work broadly focuses on the concepts of recycling transformation and regeneration of forms based on observations from ecological and man made environments.
2020 nnenna okore. Prête moi ton rêve musée des civilizations noires dakar senegal jan 2020.