Nigerian artist Chibuike Uzoma brings dreamy paintings to Paris
by Jennifer BEN BRAHIM , Valentine ERBA , Marion CHAVAL , Eve JACKSON · France 24After showing his work internationally, including in London, Lagos, Cape Town and New York, Nigerian-born artist Chibuike Uzoma is in Paris for his first solo exhibition at Galerie Mitterrand. Entitled "Twelve Tickets", his exhibition goes beyond popular themes of Black figuration, contemporary politics, post-colonialism and migration, to use language, film and art history as a painted riddle for his audience. He spoke to Eve Jackson.