This landscape painting depicts a lush, verdant scene with a dominant oak tree in the foreground. The composition is balanced, with the tree's intricate branches and foliage contrasting against the expansive green field and the clear sky in the background. The artist has employed a muted, earthy color palette, conveying a sense of tranquility and timelessness. The oak tree, a symbol of strength and resilience, appears to be the focal point, suggesting the artist's intent to capture the enduring presence of nature in the face of time. ...
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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