Jehad Nga Exhibition
Benrubi Gallery
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In the Red Room: Bonni Benrubi Gallery presents color photographs by thirty-year-old artist Jehad Nga. Arresting and poetic, Nga's photographs of Sudanese and Kenyan café patrons offer a rare and personal look at those ravaged by years of drought and poverty. Using only a single ray of sun beaming through the café doorway, Nga's photographs highlight the individuals themselves by naturally removing them from their surroundings. The profound simplicity of this arrangement speaks volumes about what is left when everything surrounding a life has been taken, and how photojournalism communicates this to the Western World. Nga's work conveys a timelessness not because of what he sees at large, but what is not seen.
[Image: Jehad Nga "Untitled #7837, Kenya" (2006) chromogenic print, dimensions vary with edition]
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Schedule
from June 05, 2008 to July 18, 2008