{"product_id":"otobong-nkanga-stitched-dreams-hardcover-1","title":"Otobong Nkanga: Stitched Dreams - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOtobong Nkanga\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eOmar Kholeif\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTeju Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNkanga's poetry and drawings, further facets to her multidisciplinary practice, continue her exploration of humanity's relationship to the land \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing her monumental atrium commission for the Museum of Modern Art, New York, \u003ci\u003eStitched Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e looks at 30 years of drawing, painting and poetry by Nigerian Belgian artist Otobong Nkanga. Created concurrently with her larger installations, tapestries and performances, the drawings underpin the manifold forms of her creative output and continue her use of bright, natural colors, while her poems have been set down on everything from fired clay tablets to textiles.\u003cbr\u003eDelving into the artist's ritualistic practice of mind-mapping, readers are invited to explore the cultural and historical references that inflect Nkanga's interest in legacies of empire, the earth's natural resources, the weight of memory and the human imagination's possibility to conjure social change. The title, \u003ci\u003eStitched Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, comes from the name of her first drawing, made in 1994.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOtobong Nkanga\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1974) grew up in Lagos and Paris and is currently based in Antwerp. She studied fine and performing arts at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ife-Ife, the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and DasArts in Amsterdam. Nkanga received the Special Mention Award at the 58th Venice Biennale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9.92 x 7.95 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47403422548189,"sku":"9780947830915","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/CAImvFscEw9780947830915.webp?v=1782792035","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/otobong-nkanga-stitched-dreams-hardcover-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}