Castello di Rivoli at Artissima. Marcella Beccaria presents the publication
03.11.2023 from 18:00 to 18:45
November 3, 6 pm
Book Corner
On the occasion of Artissima, Marcella Beccaria will present the catalog published on the occasion of Nkanga’s solo exhibitions Of Cords Curling around Mountains at Castello di Rivoli and When Looking Across the Sea, Do You Dream? at Villa Arson Nice. Using a variety of methodologies, materials, and techniques, the works of Otobong Nkanga (Kano, Nigeria, 1974) address urgent issues related to the ecological crisis and the environment, the exploitation of resources and sustainability, also delving deep into the consequences of colonialism and its repercussions on the social fabric. In addition to unpublished poems by the artist, this book includes new essays by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Marcella Beccaria, and an interview with the artist by Éric Mangion. The catalogue documents the two exhibitions with entries on all the artworks and installation views. It also includes a scholarly chronology covering the artist’s exhibition history from her debut in 1995 up to the present. The anthology contains seminal essays by Anne Barlow, Okwui Enwezor, Natasha Ginwala, Emanuele Guidi, Nav Haq, M. Neelika Jayawardane, Mwenya B. Kabwe, Omar Kholeif, Yvette Mutumba, Bonaventure Ndikung, Philippe Pirotte, Stephanie Rosenthal, Jérôme Sans, Bisi Silva, Danielle Tilkin, and Helen Welford.
The conversation is in English.
Marcella Beccaria
Photo Andrea Guermani Courtesy Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino
Otobong Nkanga
Photo Sebastiano Pellion di Persano