Otobong Nkanga - Luster and Lucre

Hardback

Main Details

Title Otobong Nkanga - Luster and Lucre
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Clare Molloy
By (author) Philippe Pirotte
By (author) Fabian Schoeneich
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:280
Dimensions(mm): Height 273,Width 216
Category/GenreExhibition catalogues and specific collections
ISBN/Barcode 9783956793189
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Sternberg Press
Imprint Sternberg Press
Publication Date 29 June 2020
Publication Country United States

Description

Otobong Nkanga's first monograph, Luster and Lucre, charts an intensely productive period from 2013 to 2016, which includes exhibitions at the 8th Berlin Biennale; Portikus, Frankfurt am Main; KADIST, Paris; and M HKA, Antwerp. Its title encapsulates the complex concerns that underpin these shows: "luster," the illustrious shining of materials; and "lucre," profits and gains. With the mineral mica as her starting point, Nkanga's research took her to archives in Berlin, Strasbourg, and Windhoek, and led her along a colonial railroad in Namibia to the historic Tsumeb mine. This rich research became works that probe the ambivalence of that which shines: poems, intricate drawings, modular sculptures that form systems of display, and performances that are both gestural and dialogical. With a foreword by Stadelschule director Philippe Pirotte, Luster and Lucre also contains the essays "The Refusal of Shine" by curator Natasha Ginwala and "Blacklight" by scholar Denise Ferreira da Silva, as well as "Intricate Connections," an interview between Otobong Nkanga, Clare Molloy, and Fabian Schoeneich. The volume also contains three exhibition-pamphlet inserts. Copublished with Portikus, in collaboration with KADIST and M HKA Contributors Denise Ferreira da Silva, Natasha Ginwala, Clare Molloy, Otobong Nkanga, Philippe Pirotte, Fabian Schoeneich