This contemporary artwork features a vibrant composition of various shredded green plants and leaves against a bold yellow background. The prominent visual elements include the organic, shredded shapes and textures of the plant matter, contrasted with the stark white paper fragments scattered throughout the piece. The subject matter depicts a naturalistic, almost chaotic assemblage of foliage, suggesting themes of growth, decay, and the cyclical processes of nature. The artist's technique appears to be a form of collage or mixed media, utilizing the tension between the natural and the man-made materials. The artwork may comment on the fragility and resilience of the natural world within an increasingly industrialized landscape. ...
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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