{"id":54280,"date":"2020-10-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T10:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-website.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/events\/khadija-cecile-niang-not-just-hair-confession-salon-bedroom-confession\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T12:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T11:53:21","slug":"khadija-cecile-niang-not-just-hair-confession-salon-bedroom-confession","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/events\/khadija-cecile-niang-not-just-hair-confession-salon-bedroom-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"Platform Award 2020 | Khadija Cecila Niang: It&#8217;s Not Just Hair"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n    .video_container{<br \/>\n        width:1200px;<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n@media (max-width: 1200px) {<br \/>\n        .video_container{<br \/>\n            width:600px;<br \/>\n        }<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n    .video_left{<br \/>\n        margin-right:10px;<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n    .video_subcontainer{<br \/>\n        float:left;<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"video_container\">\n<div class=\"video_left video_subcontainer\">\n        <iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/XvVDRfDP4u4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"video_right video_subcontainer\">\n        <iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N_99kUsMTjs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h4><em>Confession Salon \/ Bedroom Confession<\/em>, 2020<\/h4>\n<p>In this diptych, the artist&#8217;s personal reflections are interlaced with quotations from Kobena Mercer\u2019s essay <em>Black Hair\/Style Politics<\/em> and Emma Dabiri\u2019s <em>Don\u2019t Touch My Hair<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In Part 1 we see Niang having her hair braided in a salon in Senegal, where the large poster of a white woman is evidence of the Eurocentric beauty ideals prevalent in postcolonial Senegalese society. In Part 2 she undoes her braids in her bedroom in England. Niang says of the work:<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;The pieces are a genuine reflection of my personal process of uncovering the information for the development of my hair care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<style>\ntable.GeneratedTable {<br \/>  width: 100%;<br \/>  background-color: #ffffff;<br \/>  border-collapse: collapse;<br \/>  border-width: 0px;<br \/>  border-color: #fbfbf9;<br \/>  border-style: solid;<br \/>  color: #000000;<br \/>}<\/p>\n<p>table.GeneratedTable td, table.GeneratedTable th {<br \/>  border-width: 0px;<br \/>  border-color: #fbfbf9;<br \/>  border-style: solid;<br \/>}<\/p>\n<p>table.GeneratedTable thead {<br \/>  background-color: #ffffff;<br \/>}<br \/><\/style>\n<\/h4>\n<table class=\"GeneratedTable\" style=\"height: 585px;\" width=\"517\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<h4><em>Watercolour Portraits<\/em>, 2020<\/h4>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40121 size-thumbnail lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1905-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40120 size-thumbnail lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1904-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40123 size-thumbnail lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1908-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/h4>\n<\/th>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>A series of <em>Watercolour Portraits<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em>are displayed in the image gallery below. Visitors are encouraged to combine the viewing of these paintings with <em>Our Hair<\/em>, a podcast produced by the artist with the five women in the portraits. Listen via the Media section below.<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;By making portraits of the same people with different hairstyles, I show that there\u2019s more to black women\u2019s identity than natural hair.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>Inspired by&nbsp;Chris Ofili\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Untitled&nbsp;<\/em>(1998) watercolour series, Niang illustrates the versatility of black hairstyling &#8211; beyond just the afro hairstyles featured in Ofili&#8217;s series &#8211; representing styles such as weaves, wigs and braids.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":54281,"template":"","event_type":[230],"audience":[],"class_list":["post-54280","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_type-archive","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Platform Award 2020 | Khadija Cecila Niang: It&#039;s Not Just Hair - Modern Art Oxford<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For the Platform Graduate Award 2020, Khadija Cecile Niang presents film, painting and sound works that explore her cultural heritage and identity.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Platform Award 2020 | Khadija Cecila Niang: It&#039;s Not Just Hair - 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