Jehad Nga "Turkana"
Benrubi Gallery
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Bonni Benrubi Gallery announces a solo exhibition of new work by Jehad Nga entitled Turkana. Sublime and tragic portraits of the Turkana tribe in Kenya are presented here in striking chiaroscuro. Forgotten by a government that hardly felt their own, Kenya’s Turkana tribe is withering in numbers as a drought devastates the Horn of Africa. In a region where little to no aid has reached many of the affected areas, Nga documents in the clearest light possible the people and faces at risk of disappearing as a result of the disaster. Nga removes his subjects completely from their environment by photographing them in a freestanding hut built for this purpose; in doing so, he refuses to allow the harsh terrain of the region to become the defining element of his work, but rather forces the viewer to confront the human subject in front of the lens.
[Image: Jehad Nga "Untitled # 7620 Turkana, Kenya" (2009) Pigment ink print 26 x 39 in. / 40 x 60 in.]
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from May 13, 2010 to July 16, 2010