テート・ギャラリーさんのインスタグラム写真 - (テート・ギャラリーInstagram)「‘I think of myself as a woman, an Igbo woman, a Nigerian, an African, a person of colour, an artist. The fascinating thing is that the layers I add to how I identify myself change over time. It just keeps broadening as I move farther out into the world’ - Njideka Akunyili Crosby Akunyili Crosby was born in Nigeria, where she lived until the age of sixteen. In 1999 she moved to the United States, where she has remained since that time. Her cultural identity combines strong attachments to the country of her birth and to her adopted home, a hybrid identity that is reflected in her work. Click the link in our bio to hear Njideka talk more about her life and artwork. (Above) 🖌️ 'Predecessors' is a diptych by the artist, completed in 2013. Made in acrylic, charcoal and pencil, two separate sheets of paper are displayed unframed and unmounted. The left-hand sheet features a single figure wearing a pink dress, seated in a domestic living-room environment. The subject is the artist’s alter ego, a modern African woman who embodies the nature of the African cosmopolitan lifestyle through her costume, style and mannerisms. She appears consistently in Akunyili Crosby’s works. On the right we see a kitchen with several utensils and kitchen tools which belong to different periods of Nigeria’s history. Completing the imagery in both parts of the work are family photographs and personal memorabilia, mixed with cut-outs from popular magazines and newspapers.」10月5日 0時35分