Friday, September 23, 2011

Nnenna Okore

• inspiration stems from childhood at Nsukka, small university town in southeastern Nigeria.
• was fascinated by the social, natural, and man-made conditions in rural dwellings around the campus.
• works celebrate the transformation of discarded objects into cultural objects.



















Trash bags, This particular work is was on display at the Anderson Gallery here at VCU.

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