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PhD supervisor:听Tamar Garb听
Working title for PhD:听'Nigerian Modernism as an African epistemology'
Based on archival sources my thesis examines the inherent visual logic of significant Nigerian artistic positions of the early 20th century. The construction of images in the work of two Nigerian artists of national and international importance, the Oyo-Yor霉b谩 artist Aina Onabolu and the Anambra-Igbo artist Ben Enwonwu are key to examining the nature and roots of Nigerian artistic modernity. Their engagement with specific Nigerian and European cultural codes and knowledge systems, the permeability of divergent epistemologies and the options arising from transcultural discursivity are paramount to the development of modern Nigerian art history. The exploration inevitably leads to the limitations of postcolonial discourses, which will a point of discussion. 听听
My PhD is fully funded by one of UCL鈥檚 Graduate Research Scholarships, and is being supervised by Professor Tamar Garb.
My research interests include听Early African Modernisms, African Epistemologies, Fragmentary Archives in curatorial and artistic and research practice, Transcultural methodologies.听
Publications, Conferences, Talks:
- 'Nigerian Modernism: Reflections on time and Scale鈥�, Bea Gassmann de Sousa and Prof. Frank Ugiomoh, in: 鈥渕useum global. Microhistories of an Ex-centric Modernism鈥�, eds. , Kunstsammlung NRW, K20, 2018/19
- Bea Gassmann de Sousa (2017) The Family Archive as Political Site, Third Text, 31:4, 499-532, DOI:
- 鈥楢rchives in Nigeria鈥�, Bea Gassmann de Sousa and Iheanyi Onwuegbucha in conversation, curated by Kerryn Greenberg in memory of Bisi Silva, CCA Lagos, 1:54 Forum, October 2019
- 鈥榃hat Uli Beier Loves鈥�, The African Art Collection of Uli Beier, Conference 鈥楳ining Collections鈥�, Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth, 听June 2018
- Ben Enwonwu: The Family Archive as Political Site, 鈥楶ositioning Nigerian Modernism鈥�, Conference, Tate Modern, 2017
- 鈥楶ositioning Nigerian Modernism鈥�, Conference, Tate Modern, 2017, co-convener with Kerryn Greenberg with Keynote speaker Chika Okeke-Agulu
Other:
- The Agency Gallery, since 1996, Focus: New Media Art, Installation, Performance, Soundart
- A Portrait in Fragments: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha 1951-1982, Curator, KCC, London 2013
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