UWAG - Abraham O. Oghobase: Notes to Self: Offerings on History and Memory
Open until Dec 5
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
263 Philip St.
Free
Organized by University of Waterloo Art Gallery
Abraham Oghobase investigates the ways that photographic images shape memory and history. The artist’s mixed-media installation Onoriode (Who Knows Tomorrow?) references both his middle name and its translation from the Urhobo language. Exhibited in context with the large-scale print installation Notes to Self, these recent bodies of work are made in response to the tensions inherent to both the personal and historical archive.
The artist explores his Nigerian heritage through family photographs and archival imagery culled from the Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University. He explores different image-making methodologies to edit, overlay and reframe these images using analog technologies ranging from photocopying to screen printing.
Abraham Onoriode Oghobase (b. 1979 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a visual artist and researcher. He holds an MFA in Visual Arts from York University, where he is currently a PhD candidate.
University of Waterloo Art Gallery, East Campus Hall, Room 1239, 263 Phillip St., Waterloo. Free. Gallery hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 12–5 pm or by appointment.