Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos announces forthcoming programmes for January–March 2013.
n.paradoxa Vol 31. Africa and Its Diaspora. January–June 2013
This special issue on Africa and its Diaspora looks at the work of contemporary women artists working in Africa, of African descent or engaged with issues of African identity highlighting the complex relationships between artists working on social and political issues in different places and countries. The articles presented take different approaches to engage individual concerns and practices to give an overview of a local artistic scene and history. The aim is not to attempt to give a definition of feminist practice across such a vast geographical region but to open up new areas of research and engagement that address the specific conditions in which these women practice in relation to the definition of feminist practice in the region.
Volume 31 is guest-edited by Bisi Silva, a board member of n.paradoxa. ISSN:1461-0434. 96 pages with 16 in colour. www.ktpress.co.uk
20–22 February 2013
Explorations in Contemporary Drawing
CCA, Lagos and the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), New York present Explorations in Contemporary Drawing, an intensive three-day workshop exploring new directions in contemporary drawing. Led by artist and 2012/13 Fulbright Scholar at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ruby Amanze and artist and lecturer at Yaba College of Art and Technology, Lagos Odun Orimilade, the series will challenge existing notions of what it means to draw, and promote innovative dialogue and artistic exchange centered around drawing as a finished medium.
Wednesday 20 February 2013
Lecture by artist Dilomprizulike (The Junkman of Africa)
Nigerian sculptor, performer, writer and musician Dilomprizulike will talk about his performance work and his sculptural installations as well as discuss the role of the artist as a social critic and the use of art as an instrument of societal reconstruction.
9 March–20 April 2013
Adolphus Opara, Emissaries of an Iconic Religion
CCA, Lagos is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Opara’s critically acclaimed photographic series Emissaries of an Iconic Religion in Lagos. The large-scale photographs, reminiscent of classic Victorian portraiture, positions centrally the Yoruba diviners as the custodian of a traditional belief system that continues to wield considerable power in the day to day lives of the people despite the onslaught of non-indigenous religions.
Adolphus Opara (b. 1981), lives and works in Lagos.
Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos
9 McEwen Street
Sabo
Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
T 234 702 836 7106
www.ccalagos.org