Bright Ugochukwu Eke
Nigeria, born in 1976
Ripples and Storm 2
2011
Salvaged wood and hardware
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, “Environment and Object: Recent African Art,” Skidmore College
This sculpture is a continuation of Eke’s Ripples and Storm 1 (also exhibited in the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery), exhibiting the beauty of the environment, specifically wood. Wood can be carved and manipulated in any way Eke wants it to be, and it can be arranged in infinite ways, such as the one above. He overlaps pieces of carved wood to create layers that extend out from the wall. By layering pieces of wood Eke creates interesting shadows and shapes that give the wood a sense of movement and time passing.
Julio Palencia ’20
Bibliography
Peek, Philip. “Environment and Object: Recent African Art.” African Arts (Spring 2012): 83-85. http://bsc.chadwyck.com/search/proxyProquestPDF.do?PQID=2595809251&GOID=N&collectionsTag=&format=&fromPage=
Curated by Lisa Aronson of Skidmore College’s Department of Art History and John Weber, Dayton Director of the Tang Museum, “Environment and Object: Recent African Art” exhibits the artwork of Bright Ugochukwu Eke, El Anatsui, Chéri Samba, Lara Baladi, Romuald Hazoumé, Jerry Buhari, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Sammy Baloji, Georgia Papageorge, Sokari Douglas Camp, Yinka Shonibare, and George Osodi. The artists in this exhibition shed light on the environmental issues in Africa, highlighting their concern and activism for change.
Aronson, Lisa, et al. Environment and Object: Recent African Art. Prestel Publishing, 2012.
Environment and Object: Recent African Art speaks about the role African artists have in showing the impact of the environment on African life, and the continent.
“Bright Ugochukwu Eke on ‘Ripples and Storm,’” Vimeo, 02:35, an interview on March 2, 2011, posted by “The Tang Museum,” April 24, 2019, https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ripples+and+storm+bright+ugochukwu&view=detail&mid=E1107BA3C5D3CD3BF6B2E1107BA3C5D3CD3BF6B2&FORM=VIRE.
Bright Ugochukwu Eke speaks about his installation titled, Ripples and Storm 1 and 2, the process he went through to create it, and his intention/message behind the installation.