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Time Lines: The Work of Sammy Baloji
December 8, 20086:00pm - 8:00pm
Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Professor of History at the Universite Laval in Quebec, will discuss the work and career of Congolese photographer and video artist, Sammy Baloji. Baloji's work juxtaposes the DRC's colonial legacy with its wealth from natural resources. His work engages Congolese citizens of different generations in a visual debate about the violence of the past and their aspirations for the future.
Institute of African American Affairs
New York University
41 East 11th Street, 7th floor (between University Place & Broadway)
New York, NY 10003
Time Lines: New Perspectives on African Art
Time Lines presents fresh perspectives on the arts of Africa by some of the foremost scholars and artists working today. In these five programs the audience will discover antiquities from Nigeria, contemporary video art from South Africa, photography from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Malian masquerade, and sculpture by Nigerian-born artist Nnenna Okore.
Image: Sammy Baloji, Untitled, 2005.
Time Lines is supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts.
