21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

Otobong Nkanga - Shaped by Many

Otobong Nkanga - Shaped by Many Opening Artist Talk

2025.9.27(Sat.)

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Information

Period:

2025.9.27(Sat.)
14:00-16:00

Venue:

Lecture Hall / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Admission:

Adults ¥1,000 / Students Free

Capacity：

70 participants

Reservation:
via Peatix *Advance reservation required; consecutive interpretation provided.

Peatix

About

We will hold a talk event with Otobong Nkanga to commemorate the opening of this exhibition.  Otobong Nkanga herself will be joined by MIYAKOSHI Ayami (Exhibition Coordinator) and YAMAZAKI Tatsufumi (Professor Emeritus, Kanazawa Gakuin University). Together, they will talk about the ideas the artist has imbued in the exhibition and the practices that emerged through dialogue with artisans and artists. This will be an opportunity to encounter the breadth of creativity that cannot be grasped by simply viewing the works.

Speakers

photo: Wim van Dongen

Otobong Nkanga

Born in Kano, Nigeria, in 1974, Nkanga is based in Antwerp, Belgium. She studied at Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, then at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, before obtaining a master’s degree in performing arts from DasArts in Amsterdam. At the exhibition “DANCING WITH ALL: The Ecology of Empathy” (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2024), she exhibited works depicting grand narratives tied to the earth and sea through four large-scale tapestries.
YAMAZAKI Tatsufumi(Professor Emeritus, Kanazawa Gakuin University)
MIYAKOSHI Ayami

Credit

Organized by：

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation)
Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

Supported by：

HERMÈS JAPAN Co., Ltd, ESTEC HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd

Patronized by：

THE HOKKOKU SHIMBUN