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Recovered bags - bag as material and idea

 Bag as material, bag as concept,  including 'About Black Series', and other works.
Ecology, History, Human Actions, Consumption, Human Condition

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  1. We Trusted, So We Gave You Our Hearts, Gathered in a Bag, and We Waited (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Amarachi Okafor (Orie), Image 1.

    We Trusted, So We Gave You Our Hearts, Gathered in a Bag, and We Waited (About Black and the Bag Wall Series), 2025

    Recovered used plastic bags, Thread

    208 x 220 x 70 cm (81.89 x 86.61 x 27.56 in)

  2. Cover Story II. On the Vastness of the Universe (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Amarachi Okafor (Orie), Image 1.

    Cover Story II. On the Vastness of the Universe (About Black and the Bag Wall Series), 2025

    Recovered used plastic bags, Thread

    220 x 550 x 229 cm (86.61 x 216.54 x 90.16 in)

  3. Cashless Society Bags (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Amarachi Okafor (Orie), Image 1.

    Cashless Society Bags (About Black and the Bag Wall Series), 2024

    Recovered used plastic bags, Thread

    230 x 206 x 50 cm (90.55 x 81.1 x 19.69 in)

  4. She Laughs at the Future by Amarachi Okafor (Orie), Image 1.

    She Laughs at the Future, 2022

    Fabric offcuts, Recovered cigarette filters (cork/tipping paper from smoked cigarettes), Recovered used plastic bag, Adhesive, Electric wire, Pastel on Stemspaper (handmade paper from local plants)

    32 x 195 x 7 cm (12.6 x 76.77 x 2.76 in)

  5. Japa Containers: The Strength of Those That Left, And The Building Blocks of Those Who Stay by Amarachi Okafor (Orie), Image 2.

    Japa Containers: The Strength of Those That Left, And The Building Blocks of Those Who Stay, 2023

    Recovered emptied cement bags (Polypropylene plastic), cartons/emptied product boxes and Iron

    150 x 650 x 118 cm (59.06 x 255.91 x 46.46 in)

  6. Cover Story by Amarachi Okafor (Orie), Image 1.

    Cover Story, 2010

    New plastic bags, Newspapers

    272 x 665 x 283 cm (107.09 x 261.81 x 111.42 in)

  7. About Black (From the Bag Wall Series) by Amarachi Okafor (Orie), Image 1.

    About Black (From the Bag Wall Series), 2006

    Used plastic bags, Thread

    283 x 180 x 140 cm (111.42 x 70.87 x 55.12 in)

  8. How to Frame and Please Six Women at Once by Amarachi Okafor (Orie), Image 2.

    How to Frame and Please Six Women at Once, 2019

    Fabric offcuts, Used plastic bags on Stemspaper (handmade paper from local plants)

    35 x 153 cm (13.78 x 60.24 in)

  9. The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of Our City by Amarachi Okafor (Orie), Image 5.

    The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of Our City, 2015-2019

    Multi-dimensional: Participation activity/People, Fabric offcuts, Stemspaper (handmade paper from local plants), Metal, Bolts and nuts, MDF tables, Thread, Books, Text

  10. With Responsibilities and with Shame by Amarachi Okafor (Orie), Image 4.

    With Responsibilities and with Shame, 2007

    Fabric offcuts, Used post office paper boxes (cartons), Used stamps, Thread, Text

    Variable dimensions