NOLLYWOOD
2009-11-09A South African of Afrikaner origin, Pieter Hugo is one of the most representative photographers of his generation. With great capacity of penetration, his works explore the most striking contradictions of African societies, together with certain peripheral aspects which are nonetheless dense in meaning.For the production of his Nollywood series, with its large size pictures, the artist frequented in 2008 and 2009 the sets of the Nigerian film industry. With an eye that is at once detached from but in dialogue with the subjects of his portraits – with whom he always builds up relationships of mutual awareness – Hugo is fascinated by the borderline situations he identifies on his trips throughout Africa.
Opposite – Escort Kama. Enugu, Nigeria, 2008
Exhibition runs through to January 11th, 2009
Galleria e x t r a s p a z i o
Via San Francesco di Sales
16/a
I – 00165 Roma
Italy
