Andrew Esiebo
Mutation series

Mutation series
Mutation series
Mutation series
ArtistNigerian, born 1978
CultureNigerian
Titles
  • Mutation series
Date2015
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 39 3/8 × 59 in. (100 × 149.8 cm)
Sheet: 39 3/8 × 59 in. (100 × 149.8 cm)
Frame: 43 × 62 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (109.2 × 159.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum, Joan Morgenstern, and Michael Clemens Lange
Object number2020.34
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionAndrew Esiebo wrote, “On 1 October 1960, this was where Queen Elizabeth II handed power to Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa, and next to this square is where Nigeria had its first national assembly. Today, this space has been transformed from a seat of power to a hub of the informal economy—street vendors, hawkers, street preachers…I am struck by the image of ordinary Lagosians being quite literally locked out of one of the key symbols of power in the city, but still managing to make their way.”
ProvenanceThe artist; [Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition History"Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum's Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–November 8, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black ink on applied label, verso of frame backing, lower right: Andrew Esiebo // Mutation series // Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag // 59 1/8 x 39 3/8 in // 150 x 100 cm // #1/3 (Ed. Of 3 + 2AP) // (AE19-01) // Philip Martin Gallery // philipmartingallery.com

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