MARCIA KURE
For Southern Kaduna III – Stardust, 2017-2020
98 lb. / 160 gsm Mi-Teintes paper mounted on 300 lb. / 640 gsm Arches HP watercolor paper
25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. Sheet
31 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. Frame
31 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. Frame
Copyright The Artist
According to author and human rights lawyer Ayo Sogunro, the Nigerian cultural identity comprises an abundance of varying, and sometimes opposing, cultural norms. It is from this context of ironic...
According to author and human rights lawyer Ayo Sogunro, the Nigerian cultural identity comprises an abundance of varying, and sometimes opposing, cultural norms. It is from this context of ironic and contrastive social philosophies that Marcia Kure's abstracted figures take their shape. Structures and systems of societal constraint manifest as inscribed rectangles from which Kure's subjects emerge or descend. Their spacial occupation is thus never settled, and consequently neither is the viewer's eye. Instead, Kure's work provides an experience of suspended kineticism that charges and activates the relationships between subject, and object, and audience.