Martina Bacigalupo — Gulu Real Art Studio
The Walther Collection Project Space
508-526 West 26th Street , Suite 718 – NY 10001 New York, Etats-Unis
From the 20th of September 2013 to the 8th of February 2014
Gulu Real Art Studio is an installation of studio portraits collected by the photographer Martina Bacigalupo from the Gulu Real Art Studio in Gulu, Uganda. Edited from hundreds of discarded, faceless images—the faces were originally cut out for standardized ID photos—the exhibition represents a typological cross-section of Gulu’s society today, a city subjected to violent conflicts over several decades.
Vivid and diverse, the distinctions of clothing and pose in each image reveal markers of self-definition, illustrating the compelling story of one East African community and the significance of studio portraiture in the twenty-first century. Gulu Real Art Studio features 73 portraits, a selection of audio interviews, and a documentary video of the studio, showing its photographers and customers.
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