The work is part of detailed pen portraits that Toyin Ojih Odutola made in the early 2000s by merging different subjects, underscoring issues such as the differences in race, identity, and class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among these portraits The Original (Binary State) <\/em>represents a Muslim woman of Nigerian origin. A geographic map constitutes part of her body: the places indicated there are imaginary and are called \u201crespect,\u201d \u201cchoice,\u201d \u201cindependent,\u201d \u201cstrong,\u201d \u201cpain,\u201d \u201cexotic,\u201d \u201cunderstanding.\u201d They refer to the experience and the states of mind that the artist had as a young woman who had emigrated from Nigeria and who grew up in the conservative-leaning area of Huntsville, the county seat of Madison County, Alabama. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Through the artistic genre of the portrait, Toyin Ojih Odutola also deals with themes such as socio-economic inequality, the legacy of colonialism, gender issues, the experiences of migration, and the social conditions of people of color.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":490,"template":"","categorie_opere":[],"curatela":[33],"class_list":["post-1045","opere","type-opere","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","curatela-clarice-pecori-gilardi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n