Emeka Ogboh
IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN TO LAGOS
In what position do African emigrants in Europe find themselves today? The Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh (*1977) addresses this question in his new publication, which is being published in conjunction with his first big solo exhibition. In his works, he deals intensively with the topic of immigration, while also allowing his own experiences to enter into them. For his exhibition at the Kunsthalle, he also produced numerous site-related works concentrating on the sense of taste. For Baden-Baden, for example, he therefore brewed a version of the meanwhile legendary beer „Sufferhead Original”. The artist consequently manages to create a picture of a cosmopolitan society that deals self-confidently with roots, influences, and spaces in-between.
November 2017
ISBN 978-3-7356-0437-8
31,00 × 31,00 cm
68 pages
28 colored illustrations
Paperback, paper
Schweizer Klammerbroschur
Languages: German, English
Editor
Johan Holten
Text by
Luisa Heese, Johan Holten, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, Emeka Ogboh
Design by
anschlaege.de
Events
EMEKA OGBOH, IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN TO LAGOS , 11.11.2017 – 4.2.2018, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
