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Art Project: "Voicelessness"

Bob-Nosa Uwagboe (Lagos, Nigeria)

Barrierefreier Zugang
28 June 2024 19:00 – 30 June 2024 19:00
"Voicelessness" is another artistic manifesto created by the artist specifically for the Berlin festival, with the central theme being "Silence of the City." Its main motif is an angel, symbolizing the care for the weakest citizens of Africa who remain powerless and voiceless in the face of bad political leadership, where the concept of normalcy becomes a luxury. This time, the artist will explore smaller formats of works and the watercolor technique on paper. The ephemeral and expressive nature of this technique, the delicacy of the line combined with intense and vibrant colors, will academically underscore the symbolism of works reflecting the silence and inability to express the needs of the majority of African society, which is confronted with bad and heartless leadership.
The term "Voicelessness" represents both the real and symbolic silence of the world's societies that remain voiceless in the face of their own and others' social, political, and cultural problems. This lack of voice is, on the one hand, fear and powerlessness in the face of the surrounding reality, and on the other hand, it is the silence of those who only look at it. Neglect and indifference are among the most severe neglects of modern humanity.

Biography

Bob-Nosa Uwagboe (Lagos, Nigeria)

Bob-Nosa Uwagboe was born in 1974 in the city of Benin, the former capital of the kingdom of that name, full of cultural and artistic heritage, in the Nigerian State of Edo. He received his education at the famous color college - Auchi Polytechnic, in Auchi City, Edo State, from which he graduated with an H.N.D diploma in 2004, majoring in painting.
After a short stay in Abuja, he moved to Lagos, where he founded The Protest Art Studio to direct his creative explorations into an experimental path that led him to thought-provoking topics, often evoking anger, pain, passion or vision that do not fit into boundaries set by artistic canons. Through his art, where he uses a variety of materials that seem to have nothing in common, he evokes emotions and often manages to provoke the viewer into

Venue

Schierker Str. 8
12051 Berlin
Germany

Kreativraum in der Galerie im Körnerpark

Contact

030 56823939

Accessibility

Barrierefreier Zugang