Marcia Kure
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Images of veiled women commonly appear in Kure's work, beginning with ''Purdah'' in 1992.{{Cite journal |last=Adams |first=Sara |date=2003 |title=Marcia Kure |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/422708 |journal=Journal of Contemporary African Art |volume=2003 |issue=18 |pages=80–83 |doi=10.1215/10757163-18-1-80 }} She revisits images of veiled women and engages with textiles to explore the dynamic between gender and power. Kure's work was featured in the Multichoice Africa's 2002 "African Artists of the Future" calendar.{{Cite journal |last1=Veney, Department of Political Science |first1=Moderator: Professor Cassandra |last2=Sherry Simpson-Dean |first2=executive director |last3=Kure |first3=Marcia |last4=Nkiru Nzegwu |first4=Chair of Africana Studies |date=2010-10-29 |title=Lifting Oppression as We Climb: Black Women Artists and Activism - VIDEO |url=https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/bellarmineforum/2010/schedule/7/ |journal=Bellarmine Forum}} |
Images of veiled women commonly appear in Kure's work, beginning with ''Purdah'' in 1992.{{Cite journal |last=Adams |first=Sara |date=2003 |title=Marcia Kure |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/422708 |journal=Journal of Contemporary African Art |volume=2003 |issue=18 |pages=80–83 |doi=10.1215/10757163-18-1-80 }} She revisits images of veiled women and engages with textiles to explore the dynamic between gender and power. Kure's work was featured in the Multichoice Africa's 2002 "African Artists of the Future" calendar.{{Cite journal |last1=Veney, Department of Political Science |first1=Moderator: Professor Cassandra |last2=Sherry Simpson-Dean |first2=executive director |last3=Kure |first3=Marcia |last4=Nkiru Nzegwu |first4=Chair of Africana Studies |date=2010-10-29 |title=Lifting Oppression as We Climb: Black Women Artists and Activism - VIDEO |url=https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/bellarmineforum/2010/schedule/7/ |journal=Bellarmine Forum}} |
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In a 2015 interview for ''ARTCTUALITE'', Kure articulated the influence of space on her work, stating that she "[tries] to make an argument for people who do not have a defined space," and the ways in which she incorporates Western aesthetic techniques alongside those of African: "I prefer the gray area that deals directly with oppositions and juxtapositions. I find the ability to inhabit different views very inspiring. I think the assimilation of western forms and techniques in my work allows me to integrate and interpret the world through a prismatic lens much better than one who has a singular view."{{Cite web |last=Sara |title=Forged and Forced Unions: Interview with Marcia Kure {{!}} Art/ctualité |url=https://www.inglettgallery.com/usr/documents/press/download_url/361/2015-03-kure_artctualite.pdf |access-date=2019-07-09 |language=en-US}}Kure is represented by ''Susan Inglett Gallery'' (New York), ''Purdy Hicks Gallery'' (London) and ''Officine Dell'Immagine'' (Milan). She currently lives and works in [[Princeton, New Jersey]] and [[Kaduna|Abuja and Kaduna, Nigeria]]. |
In a 2015 interview for ''ARTCTUALITE'', Kure articulated the influence of space on her work, stating that she "[tries] to make an argument for people who do not have a defined space," and the ways in which she incorporates Western aesthetic techniques alongside those of African: "I prefer the gray area that deals directly with oppositions and juxtapositions. I find the ability to inhabit different views very inspiring. I think the assimilation of western forms and techniques in my work allows me to integrate and interpret the world through a prismatic lens much better than one who has a singular view."{{Cite web |last=Sara |title=Forged and Forced Unions: Interview with Marcia Kure {{!}} Art/ctualité |url=https://www.inglettgallery.com/usr/documents/press/download_url/361/2015-03-kure_artctualite.pdf |access-date=2019-07-09 |language=en-US}}Kure is represented by ''Susan Inglett Gallery'' ([[New York (state)|New York]]), ''Purdy Hicks Gallery'' ([[London]]) and ''Officine Dell'Immagine'' ([[Milan]]). She currently lives and works in [[Princeton, New Jersey]] and [[Kaduna|Abuja and Kaduna, Nigeria]]. |
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===Exhibitions and collections=== |
===Exhibitions and collections=== |
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Kure made her New York debut in a group show at the Skoto Gallery in 1995.{{Cite news |last=Cotter |first=Holland |date=2013-06-13 |title=Marcia Kure: 'Tease' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/arts/design/marcia-kure-tease.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Her solo exhibition ''Cloth as Identity'' (2000) at the [[Goethe-Institut]] in Lagos featured a performance in which women wearing [[Burqa|burkas]] performed hip hop–style dance to [[Afrobeat]] music. She has also had solo exhibitions at Purdy Hicks Gallery in London and Susan Inglett Gallery in New York.{{cite web |title=Hope Gangloff |url=https://www.inglettgallery.com/usr/library/documents/main/artists/95/gangloff_bio.pdf |access-date=2018-07-25 |website=Richard Heller Gallery}} {{verify source|date=September 2019|reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/905536117 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/893029670 cite #7 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC_bot/Job_18]]}} |
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Kure’s work has also been shown at the [[National Museum of African Art]] at the [[Smithsonian Institution]], [[British Museum]],[[Spelman College Museum of Fine Art]] in Atlanta, [[Newark Museum]], [[Cleveland Clinic]], [[North Carolina Museum of Art]], Wanås Konst Sculpture Park, [[Royal Institute of Art|Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm]],{{Cite web |title=Marcia Kure: Under Skin - Royal Institute of Art Stockholm |url=https://artlyst.com/previews/marcia-kure-skin-royal-institute-art-stockholm/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Artlyst |language=en-GB}} [[Centre Pompidou]], [[Sindika Dokolo Foundation]] in [[Luanda]], United States Embassy in [[Abuja]], and the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston.{{Cite web |title=Wall Drawing Series Marcia Kure |url=https://www.menil.org/exhibitions/358-wall-drawing-series-marcia-kure |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=The Menil Collection |language=en}} |
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She has participated in international art events including the 2005 [[Sharjah Biennale|Sharjah International Biennial]],{{Cite web |title=Marcia Kure |url=https://universes.art/en/sharjah-biennial/2005/sharjah-art-museum-2/marcia-kure |access-date=2019-07-09 |website=www.officinedellimmagine.com}} the 2006 International Biennial of Contemporary Art in [[Seville]] (curated by [[Okwui Enwezor]]), and ''[[Triennale di Milano|La Triennial]]'' in 2013. |
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===Prizes/awards/grants=== |
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