Beyond football - shifting interests and identity - SAVVY contemporary

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Uche James Iroha Born 1972, Uche James Iroha is a prolific photographer that has exhibited extensively around the world. In 2008, he was one of the recipients of the prestigious Prince Claus Award in Amsterdam. uchejames@gmail.com Q&A Do you think of your art as existing within a moral context? Morality has always been a very subjective issue globally as far as art is concerned, more so in the African context. I think that morals are nonnegotiable. It can easily be traced through all forms of visual and Performing arts across the African continent since documented history. It will not be an overstatement if one called it the very backbone of African art and design. I think personally that my themes will continue to perambulate around morality in other to ascertain a clear direction especially in a period where the question of Authenticity is almost being drowned by the doubt of eccentricism in Africa. Is there a place for dialogue in your work? The primary motive in my work is to instigate dialogue: Firstly between Me and the work, Secondly to engage the viewer and hopefully to connect itself with various viewers with the content in a way that relevance will be manifested through the reaction of the people.
+ Do you have an obligation as an artist to the public? In the kind of Society I come from and especially looking at work of the most remarkable Artists past and present vis a vis the present economic and political realities that abound. I think it would be a waste of time for any artist with a strong voice to produce work or engage in practices that do not address the issues which I think are largely human generated. 47
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