This mixed media artwork features a collage of vibrant green and teal-colored shapes, resembling natural elements such as leaves and grass. The composition is visually striking, with varied textures and materials juxtaposed to create a sense of depth and movement. The incorporation of natural elements, like the small twigs and soil, adds an organic and earthy quality to the piece, suggesting a connection to the natural world. The artist's distinctive style and technique blend abstract forms with found objects, inviting the viewer to contemplate the relationship between nature and human-made constructs. ...
Rahima Gambo has a photojournalism background, particularly in documentary projects, which undeniably informs her work. Her practice is multidisciplinary, utilizing photography, film, video installation, drawing, sculpture, and sound to explore the cartography of documentary storytelling, delving into themes such as post-colonialism, identity, gender, politics, and shared narratives within Nigeria. Rather than relying solely on a visual approach, she prioritises sensory experiences that occur between objects to construct an alternative, non-linear space that eschews the limitations imposed by conventional documentary photography and narrative structures. Through this method, she seeks to challenge the notion of capturing reality through the camera and to create works that transcend preconceived ideas of time and space. Gambo questions how new ways of seeing might be facilitated by shifting away from the conventional camera-subject dynamic towards a more symbiotic relationship between photographer and subject. She advocates for a porous bodily engagement with the subject matter, one that allows for playful exploration and offshoots and listening to and becoming with the subject. ...
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