16/05/2025
INSIGHT 2.1
Victor Ehikhamenor | For the Love of Stolen Gods & Reincarnation
INSIGHT 2.0 is an exhibition series presenting new works by artists in the Pippy Houldsworth Gallery viewing rooms.
For the second edition, Nigerian-American artist Victor Ehikhamenor (b. 1970, Udomi-Uwessan, Nigeria) presents ‘For The Love Of Stolen Gods and Reincarnation’, featuring new bronze sculptures and mixed media tapestries.
In his textile-based works, Ehikhamenor painstakingly sews tens of thousands of beads and plastic rosaries onto quilted fabric. His figures are adorned in red and white garments, each mimicking the coral headdress, coral necklaces and robes worn by The Kingdom of Benin royalty. The rosaries and their dangling crucifixes speak to Nigeria’s complex relationship with Christianity, a nation that is deeply immersed in the religious beliefs brought in by colonial powers and mixed amongst indigenous or local traditions
