Sharon Stone in Abuja — named after a Nollywood film — was an exhibition that paid homage to the world's second largest film industry, the Nigerian
Nollywood video industry.
Not exact matches
When the first
video feature in what would become known as
Nollywood, a film called «Living in Bondage» was released in the mid-90s, few could have imagined the huge
industry it would spawn, but here we are today.
In 2010, for Location One Gallery in New York, Saro - Wiwa produced and co-curated the group exhibition Sharon Stone in Abuja, which explored the narrative and visual conventions of the Nigerian «
Nollywood»
video - film
industry through Saro - Wiwa's
video installations and works by Wangechi Mutu, Mickalene Thomas, Andrew Esiebo and Pieter Hugo.