Ndise Mmi (self portrait)

Series of 8 images – part of the Arti-tude Project

2013

C print on dbond

2×3 ft each

The Arti-tude project exposes the dynamics and complexities of Nigerian fashion as an identity across generations and cultures, as researched in archival documents and photos from key historical eras, and derived from Nigerian sartorial identities influenced by European and other foreign contacts with Africa. Articulated in a series of nine self-portraits, titled Ndise mmi (My portrait), the artist embodies the problem of identity,using her body as a starting point from which to interrogate ethnic identity across the Nigerian fashion landscape.