USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: Exploring the Complexities of Family, Identity, and Collective Histories

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Karl Ohiri's work explores human conditions and such recurring themes as family, memory and identity.

View this email in your browser Omenka Newsletter #91 Exploring the Complexities of Family, Identity, and Collective Histories Karl Ohiri's work explores human conditions and such recurring themes as family, memory and identity. He began his visual arts practice in 2007 with the documentation of his ancestral homeland in Nigeria. Read more. In Conversation with John Madu John Madu is an emerging multidisciplinary artist, whose work overlaps the boundaries between art and design through metaphor and such iconographic symbols, texture, indigenous patterns and colour. Read more. Gerhard Marx: Ecstatic Archive Ecstatic Archive presents new work from Gerhard Marx's engagement with a series of discarded and decommissioned cartographic archives. Marx addresses these archives with an interest in landscape as a social construction, how space is constructed and in turn, constructs us. Read more. Speaking through Walls From January 25 to April 13, 2019, Tyburn Gallery will present Speaking Through Walls, Sethembile Msezane's first UK solo exhibition. Msezane creates commanding works laden with spiritual and political symbolism, exploring issues around spirituality, commemoration and African knowledge systems. Read more. Adebayo Oke-Lawal to Speak at the 2019 Design Indaba Conference Adebayo Oke-Lawal, has been announced as a speaker on the global appreciation for African and androgynous fashion designs at the forthcoming Design Indaba conference. Read more.   Skinny Girl in Transit Skinny Girl in Transit is a Nigerian web series about a young woman's quest to find peace, which in our society means a husband and a trimmer waistline. The strength of the series is its subversive take on society's demands on women who do not fit the popular feminine ideal as it is often portrayed on television. Tiwa, a dark-skinned, plus size, single woman embarks on a journey to find herself. Read more. Early 21st Century Young African Artists Presented by MASK Prize, Early 21st Century Young African Artists at the Saatchi Gallery, London features 20 artworks including animations, prints of digital art, photographs, drawings and paintings by 19 Kenyan artists. Curated by MASK Prize founder, artist Alla Tkachuk, the vibrant and sophisticated artworks were selected based on approach, artistic style and medium. Read more.  Challenging Toxic Masculinity South African artist Mzoxolo X Mayongo is challenging pre-existing concepts of masculinity. He is forging a different masculine identity for the South African man through a series of provocative and engaging works. Read more. Review: Rom Isichei's Reverence of Thoughts The exhibition space was calm. Muted bursts of colour drifted alongside mostly white space. With an average size of at least 50 inches, each piece commanded as much attention as the others. There was no rush to see a cornerstone piece. Reverence of Thoughts is Rom Isichei's 11th solo exhibition. Read more. The Textured Pop Art of Evans Mbugua Evans Mbugua is a fast-rising Kenyan artist known for his creative medley of colours and print detail captured in portraiture. Born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1979, Mbugua began his career in art with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997.Two years later, he migrated to continue his artistic studies in France and enrolled at the University of Toulouse, Superior School of Art of the Pyrenees. He obtained his degree in graphic design in 2005. Read more. Our Favourite Albums of 2018 2018 gave us some musical gems and so far, these are albums we absolutely endorsed.  Read more. Five Stage Plays We Absolutely Loved in 2018 Theatre in Nigeria has certainly gained more attention with festivals like Lagos Theatre Festival and more recently, Lagos Fringe Festival, promoting indigenous plays. 2018 was an exciting year for the local scene. Read more. Daniel Ting Chong Uses Creative Coding to Create Collaborative Artwork Daniel Ting Chong – a former Design Indaba Emerging Creative is exploring an alternate reality.  Read more. Fola and Nosa on #EatDrinkFestival EatDrinkLagos started as a small food blog by Nosa Oyegun and Folayemi Agusto in 2014 and has grown to attract thousands of monthly visitors. The blog extended its reach by hosting the annual #EatDrinkFestival. Read more. Design Indaba 2019: Design Activism and Creativity Takes Centre Stage with Droga, Wong, Laarman, Selldorf and Kahiu Design Indaba, internationally acclaimed creative conference, will take place in Cape Town from February 27 to March 01,  2019 and will once again set the standard for creative excellence, innovative entrepreneurship and lateral solutions-based thinking on global design and social challenges.  Read more. The New Museum of Black Civilisations Dakar Senegal After 52 years of waiting, Senegal is finally opening what is described as the largest museum of Black civilization in the capital, Dakar.  Read more. Netflix is Now Setting its Sights on Africa Netflix orders its first ever African original series, Queen Sono, a dramedy starring Pearl Thusi (Quantico) about a top-level spy on a mission to improve the lives of South Africa's citizens. Read more. A New Public Pavilion by Es Devlin Creates a Glimpse into the Future of Electric Travel A new interactive installation designed by award-winning designer Es Devlin, and commissioned by Mercedes-Benz South Africa, is now open to the public. Launched on November  1, 2018, and situated on Silo Square at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront, Devlin's new sculptural work ZOETROPE will remain open for a full year, with visitors welcome free of charge. Read more. Design Indaba, Driving Social Change Through the 2019 Emerging Creatives Programme As part of the larger festival and conference programme, Design Indaba showcases South Africa's top young emerging creatives each year, through the support of the South African Department of Arts and Culture. Read more. Copyright © 2019 Omenka, All rights reserved. You subscribed to our mailing list Our mailing address is: Omenka 24 Ikoyi Crescent, Ikoyi Ikoyi Lagos 0000-0176 Nigeria Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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