Thriving and Potential, Displaced (Again and Again and...)

Njideka Akunyili Crosby Nigerian

2021

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 508

Artwork Details

Object Information

Overview

Title: Thriving and Potential, Displaced (Again and Again and...)
Artist: Njideka Akunyili Crosby (Nigerian, born Enugu, 1983)
Date: 2021
Medium: Inkjet print on vinyl.
Classifications: Collages, Wallpaper
Credit Line: Courtesy the artist, commissioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2021
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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