Dwellers: Native One
Njideka Akunyili CrosbyWW-2019-137710
2019·Collage of photographic transfers and acrylic paint with colored pencil and graphite on wove paper·155 × 151.2 cm (61 × 59 1/2 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 2019
- Medium
- Collage of photographic transfers and acrylic paint with colored pencil and graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 155 × 151.2 cm (61 × 59 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Artist
Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Installation
Njideka Akunyili Crosby is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Through her art, Akunyili Crosby "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds". In 2017, Akunyili Crosby was awarded the prestigious Genius Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
- Year
- 2019
- Medium
- Collage of photographic transfers and acrylic paint with colored pencil and graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 155 × 151.2 cm (61 × 59 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-2019-137710
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified