Omenka Gallery presents Power & Power Exhitibition supported by Nikon

Omenka Gallery is proud to present Power and Powers, an exhibition of recent photographs by leading contemporary Nigerian artist,Uche James‐Iroha. Supported byNikon,  theexhibition calls for a self-examination and invites the audience to an introspective of 54 years of epileptic powers supply in Nigeria. Continue...

Accordingtothe artist, “Theseareimagesthatexplorethedarkandunprogressiveromancebetweenpoliticalpowerandelectrical powerdistributioninNigeria.Byfarthemostpopulousnationinthecontinentwithvasthumanandmaterial resourcesandenormouspotential,electricityisstillabigissue.Marredbyerraticpowersupply,thenation iscaughtinthewebofdeceitwherepoliticalofficeseekersclearlyusethepromiseof‘light ‘as themosteffectivebait.

Itisinterestingtoknowthattonsofwhiteelephantprojectswhichincludeacashlesseconomicsystemand automatedrailtransport,areintheworksgulpingmammothbudgetsandwillalldependonanefficientelectrical supplysystem.” The exhibition will be held from 8th to 22nd of November, 2014. AllimagesinPowerandPowerswereshotexclusivelywithNikon.
 

Uche James‐Iroha was born in 1972. He studied Sculpture at the University of Port Harcourt, graduating in 1995. A year later, he became interested in photography and has since exhibited extensively in Nigeria and around the world. The Prince Claus Fund, a Netherlands-­‐based organization that promotes inter-cultural exchange, has described James‐Iroha as the “Leading light of a new generation of Nigerian photographers.”

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