MARCIA KURE
Abstract Bodies: μ, 2022
Indigo, kola nut, ink, red wine, and watercolor on paper
12 3/4 x 10 in. Sheet
17 5/8 x 14 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. Frame
17 5/8 x 14 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. Frame
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Kure titled her grid works in Bamum (or Shümom), an indigenous African writing system of the Cameroon Grassfields. Invented by King Ibrahim Njoya in 1896, Bamum was a syllabic script...
Kure titled her grid works in Bamum (or Shümom), an indigenous African writing system of the Cameroon Grassfields. Invented by King Ibrahim Njoya in 1896, Bamum was a syllabic script used for administrative purposes, documentation, and education. As a result of colonial suppression in the 1930s, it has largely fallen into disuse. These titles provide an additional layer to the work, considering the ways that not only line, but language represents an ever-connected system of power.
Exhibitions
"Reticulation," Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC 6 September 2022 - 15 October 2022.7
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