Narrative Wisdom and African Arts

Emeka Ogboh’s sound installation at the Saint Louis Art Museum as part of the Narrative Wisdom and African Arts exhibition was recently reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.

“Sounds of burbling water, synthesizer, singing and thumb piano cascade through the opening sections of the exhibition “Narrative Wisdom and African Arts,” at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Part of an immersive audio installation by the contemporary Lagos, Nigeria- and Berlin-based artist Emeka Ogboh, this soundscape provides more than just ambiance. For a thematically organized show that traces connections between art and oral tradition, Mr. Ogboh’s installation draws on specifically Igbo (Nigerian) idioms while making a larger overture to African oral historians as keepers of myth, poetry, storytelling and proverbs.”

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