California. Born 1961
Large-scale abstract collage-paper items
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Born 1944 Ghana. Known for: Fabric image abstract sculpture and painting, site-specific.
Following is a review titled "A Million Pieces of Home" by Holland Cotter of work by the artist, Art & Design section of The New York Times, February 8, 2013. Unless there's terrible news Africa... Read full biography
Following is a review titled "A Million Pieces of Home" by Holland Cotter of work by the artist, Art & Design section of The New York Times, February 8, 2013. Unless there's terrible news Africa doesn't get much notice in this part of the world. But at the Venice Biennale six years ago it was the... Read full biography
Following is a review titled "A Million Pieces of Home" by Holland Cotter of work by the artist, Art & Design section of The New York Times, February 8, 2013. Unless there's terrible news Africa doesn't get much notice in this part of the world. But at the Venice Biennale six years ago it was the object of thousands of beauty-bedazzled eyes, even if some of those eyes didn't know at first what they were looking at. One of that show's most popular sights was an immense sheet of undulant light... Read full biography
Following is a review titled "A Million Pieces of Home" by Holland Cotter of work by the artist, Art & Design section of The New York Times, February 8, 2013. Unless there's terrible news Africa doesn't get much notice in this part of the world. But at the Venice Biennale six years ago it was the object of thousands of beauty-bedazzled eyes, even if some of those eyes didn't know at first what they were looking at. One of that show's most popular sights was an immense sheet of undulant light floating, floor to ceiling, at the very end of the Biennale's main, long, cavernous exhibition hall, the Arsenale. In a city of mosaics, it could have been a super-mosaic, inlaid in silver and gold, or a fabulous gold-threaded tapestry, its surface... Read full biography
Following is a review titled "A Million Pieces of Home" by Holland Cotter of work by the artist, Art & Design section of The New York Times, February 8, 2013. Unless there's terrible news Africa doesn't get much notice in this part of the world. But at the Venice Biennale six years ago it was the object of thousands of beauty-bedazzled eyes, even if some of those eyes didn't know at first what they were looking at. One of that show's most popular sights was an immense sheet of undulant light floating, floor to ceiling, at the very end of the Biennale's main, long, cavernous exhibition hall, the Arsenale. In a city of mosaics, it could have been a super-mosaic, inlaid in silver and gold, or a fabulous gold-threaded tapestry, its surface broken by shimmering swags and folds. Distance made a difference in understanding. When you moved closer you saw that the whole g... Read full biography
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Large-scale figurative collage, scupture, videos, feminist themed work
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New York, Illinois. Born 1977
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Nigeria. Born 1932
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Nigeria. Born 1948
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Nigeria. Born 1975
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Nigeria. 1962 - 2017
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Benin. Born 1957
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Nigeria. Born 1963
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Nigeria. Born 1957
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Nigeria. Born 1964
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Nigeria. Born 1970
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Nigeria, England. 1916 - 1974
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1932 - 1995
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Born 1961
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Ghana, Germany. Born 1956
Painting
Nigeria. Born 1966
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Nigeria. Born 1971
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