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Worldwide Benin
Vynil wall piece and single channel video (2007) A roll call of over 500 museums and collectors – from the British Museum to André Breton – holding the famous Benin artifcats taken by the British in...
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A Very Fine Cast (110 years)
28 line-block engravings on Somerset textured paper (2007) “By privileging the linguistic over the visual, a subversive archive is built up which substitutes the traditional objects of the museum...
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[[Show as slideshow]] 7-channel video installation with sound (2007) Lost Wax shows artists at work in the traditional brass-casting district in Benin City (Nigeria), using the ancient lost wax...
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[[Show as slideshow]] Single channel video with sound, 15′ 58″ (2007) The Visitor is a photo-essay of the artist’s audience with Oba Erediauwa, the current king of Benin. A local narrator follows the...
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[[Show as slideshow]] Single channel video with sound, 10″ (2007-8) The camera trails a guide on a tour through the labyrinthine architectural complex of Ogiamen’s palace in Benin City (Nigeria). This...
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