PUBLISHED ARTICLES
"THE LAGOS ART GUIDE"
OMENKA MAGAZINE
June 2014
This article surveys the beurgoning contemporary arts community in Lagos, Nigeria by profiling the non-profit institutions, cultural organizations, galleries, commercial iniaitives, and artist-led projects that are champoining a new creative renaissance,
FORTHCOMING
"MAPPING CITIES, DECONSTRUCTING CULTURES: CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN ART IN A GLOBAL LENS"
OMENKA MAGAZINE
JUNE 2014
For Omenka Magazine's Nigerian Centenary issue, this article explores contemporary artists working in Nigeria today in varied practices including performance, photography, installation, and new media art. Artists examined include Uche Uzorka, Ike Francis, and Victoria Udondian.
FORTHCOMING
"PERFORMING PLACE: THE MEGACITY AND THE NON-CITY"
ART BASE AFRICA
ISSUE 1, February 2014
This article, published in the first issue of the online platform Art Base Africa, critically analyzed artists exhibited in LagosPhoto 2013 and their con- sistent thematic thread of using performance and the body as the site of cultural critique in Africa today.
"THE REDUNDANCY OF APPROPRIATION: STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY AND ITS CONCEPTUAL LIMIT"
DIS MAGAZINE
The Stock Photography Issue, February 2013
This article explored contemporary artists who adopt strategies akin to stock photography to comment on the paradox between fine art and vernacular photography, including Christopher Williams, Roe Etheridge, Elad Lassry, and Penelope Umbrico.
"WHEN LINES BECOME FORM"
UCHE UZORKA: LINE.SIGN.SYMBOL (Exhibition Catalogue)
African Artists' Foundation, January 2013
This essay explored the work of Nigerian artist Uche Uzorka, focusing on his recent works on paper that explore mapping and chaos in Lagos.
"AFRICAN ARTISTS' FOUNDATION: PROMOTING ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY"
FASCINATING NIGERIA MAGAZINE
Vol 1, Issue 1, January 2013
This article profiled the work of the non-profit organization African Artists' Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria, setting a model for the development of contemporary art in the country.
"SEALED PROPERTY: HANS WILSCHUT"
ART SOUTH AFRICA
December 2012
This article examined the work of Dutch photographer Hans Wilschut, who documents the development of megacities around the world and the contradictions left in its midst.
"NIGERIAN NOSTALGIA PROJECT"
GEURNICA MAGAZINE
November 6, 2012
This article examined the Nigerian Nostalgia Project, an online project that includes photographs, video, soundbytes, and various epherema from Nigeria in the years 1960-1980. Nigerian Nostalgia Project created an installation of material during LagosPhoto 2012.
"BETWEEN THE MECHANIC AND THE ORGANIC"
UCHE UZORKA: THE ORGANIC (Exhibition Catalogue)
Goethe-Institut Nigeria, October 2012
This essay examined Nigerian artist Uche Uzorka’s first solo exhibition, which included painting, collage, and appropriated materials as he explored the contradictions of urban street culture in Nigeria today.
"METAHISTORIES"
OBINNA MAKATA: METAHISTORIES (Exhibition Catalogue)
African Artists' Foundation, September 2012
This essay examined the work of Nigerian artist Obinna Makata, looking at his practice of appropriating used fabrics as a metaphor for cultural identity in Nigeria today.
"IMAGES OF DESOLATION"
ThisDay Nigeria
July 29, 2012
This article analyzed a project that brought a group of young photographers to the Makoko community in Lagos to document the ongoing destruc- tion of their village by the local government, widely regarded as Lagos’ most notorious slum.
"FROM HERE ON: NEO-APPROPRIATION STRATEGIES IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
INTERVENTIONS JOURNAL
January 26, 2012
For the “Framing the Internet” Issue, this article explored the exhibition From Here On, which surveyed artists commenting on photography in the digital age, exhibited at the Rencontres d’Arles Festival.
