Amarachi Okafor (Orie)

Amarachi Okafor (Orie)

Abuja, Nigeria

I am an innovative institutionally-oriented artist who makes quirky singular artworks investigating human actions in society. Learn more- www.amarachiokafor.art

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0. Plastics

Ecology, History, Human Actions, Consumption, Human Condition
We Trusted, So We Gave You Our Hearts, Gathered in a Bag by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Cashless Society Bags by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Soaring (About Black and The Bag Wall Series) by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Cover Story by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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1. Bag: Container and Containment Series

 Bag - as material, bag as concept
Herdsmen Bagged by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
City Bags II: Bags for Hardship Allowance and Maximum Wage by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of Our City by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Empty Bags Awaiting by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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7. Fabric and Cloth: Container and Containment Series

Fabric Offcuts
The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of Our City by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Untitled, 2003 by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Look Up and Feel Good by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Joy Pots for the Universe, 2017 by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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3. Leather: Materiality and History

Skin: Container and  Containment Series
Herdsmen Bagged by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Bushmeat Trying to be Colourful by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Shape of Hanging Skin by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Used Through II, 2009 by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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4. Fibre, Paper: Materiality and History

Boxes/Cartons: Container and  Containment Series
The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of Our City by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Setting Weak Foundation by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Japa Containers: The Strength of Those That Left, And The Building Blocks of Those Who Stay by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Couple by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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5. Fibre, Paper: Materiality and the local

Stemspaper (Handmade paper from local plants)
Studying the Beginning of the Universe by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
She Laughs at the Future by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
How to Frame and Please Six Women at Once by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
I am the Light I.II by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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6. Fibre: Materiality, Threads

nkụkọ na égwū 
About Black (From the Bag Wall Series) by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Cashless Society Bags by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Cover Story by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Laying Up Treasures on Earth, Where Thieves Approach and Moth Destroy by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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8. Text Materiality

Pretty Garbage by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
How to be Poor in the Head by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Look Up and Feel Good by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Joy Pots for the Universe, 2017 by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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2. Recovered Cork Paper/ Filters from stubbed cigarettes: Materiality

Paintings and Sculptures made from recovered cork paper and filters  from stubbed cigarettes, on  Human actions and the Human condition,  Consumption, and History
Liberated by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Anya-‘ri Umunne by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
How to be Poor in the Head by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Doughnut and Egg by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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10. nkụkọ na égwū: Acrylic. Tempera

Precision by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Bright Room II, Motivate, and Spread a Passion by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Substance And Emptiness by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Beauty, Mercy, Kindness and Love by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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9. nkụkọ na égwū: Oils

Castles Upon Earth II by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Where Do All Things Hold Together by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Studying the Beginning of the Universe by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Association of Man and Woman by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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11. nkụkọ na égwū: : Participation/Collaboration/Community: Interactive Public Art

nkụkọ na égwū: On Human Actions and the Human Condition,  Consumption, History
Ask Yourself, 2014 - Relational Public Art Event by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
I Learnt This, 2015 - Relational Public Art Event by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
I Learnt This. No. 3 by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
I Learnt This, No. 4 by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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