Otobong Nkanga
The Pursuit of Bling: The Transformation
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30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Otobong Nkanga
b. 1974
The Pursuit of Bling: The Transformation
tapestry
195 by 179 cm. 76⅞ by 70½ in.
framed: 204.8 by 198.4 cm. 80⅝ by 78⅛ in.
Executed in 2014.
Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam
Acquired from the above in 2015 by the present owner
Berlin, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Biennale 8, July - August 2014 (another example exhibited)
Arnhem, Arnhem Museum, Sonsbeek ‘16, transhistory. this is my truth, tell me yours., June - September 2016 (another example exhibited)
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Dada Africa, Non-Western Sources and Influences, October 2017 - February 2018 (another example exhibited)
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, To Dig a Hole That Collapses Again, March - September 2018 (another example exhibited)
St Ives, Tate St Ives, Otobong Nkanga From Where I Stand, September 2019 - January 2020, p. 31, illustrated in colour (another example exhibited)
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Otobong Nkanga “ I dreamt of you in colours”, October 2025 - February 2026 (another example exhibited)
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