Otobong Nkanga
Double Plot, 2018
woven textile with photography
(tapestry: yarns – viscose bast, polyester, bio cotton, cashwool, acryl. photography: 5 inkjet prints on laser cut forex plates)
(tapestry: yarns – viscose bast, polyester, bio cotton, cashwool, acryl. photography: 5 inkjet prints on laser cut forex plates)
265 x 770 cm
104 3/8 x 303 1/8 in
104 3/8 x 303 1/8 in
Edition of 4 plus 1 artist's proof
MW.OTN.011
Copyright of the Artist
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For Artes Mundi 8, the artist has created a new piece, 'Double Plot'. In this large tapestry figures with missing limbs and heads sprout blue flowers and metal rods from...
For Artes Mundi 8, the artist has created a new piece, 'Double Plot'. In this large tapestry figures with missing limbs and heads sprout blue flowers and metal rods from their dislocated bodies. As with much of Nkanga’s work, the body, earth, plants and other elements depicted are literally woven together. Nkanga reminds us that everything is interconnected and that decisions taken politically have deep geological, human and social repercussions.
Exposições
Acts at the Crossroads, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019Frieze NY, New York, USA, 2019
Artes Mundi 8, National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 2018