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On the occasion of a new Ngua photograph, Theorina Blank writes about the Theology of Refuse. At last we can see Ngua’s latest offering to the canon of contemporary urban observation: Just Full (Central London, 2025). The work, deceptively simple, presents a standard dual-compartment recycling and general waste bin positioned before a Nike billboard, its … Read more
The latest in the All the Bins in the World project by Oboe Ngua. Usually her photos are the bins in their solo beauty, but here she has captured the interaction between bin and Man. What a moment!
Dear Colleagues and Collectors I apologise for the late arrival of this update on my All the Bins project which seeks to document,as I am sure you are aware,the totality of urban waste receptacles, as they stand sentinel to the ephemera of our everyday lives. Since the initial announcement that I would devote myself to … Read more
Pore over this image as much as you like, you will not spot a physical bin. Yet this is de facto a bin; it is one of an increasing number of what Oboe refers to as binlessbins, (yes, all one word).
The All the bins in the World project continues after a break for tonsillitis. Oboe continues to snap bins wherever she is. This one is a cracker!
Oboe’s mammoth project continues. “I did feel I had bitten off more than I could chew”, she said, “And for a while I felt I could never take a photo of every bin in the world. But now I am reenthused. Look out for me taking a picture of a bin near you.”
Art critic Penelope St Jean writes… This project by Oboe Ngua is one of those series of works that should be mentioned in the same breath as Rembrandt’s portraits, Michelangelo’s ceilings and even Billy Whaler’s epic paintings of asparagus spears from Suffolk allotments. This particular photo is a classic of the series, an image where … Read more
“Friends, I have sad news to convey regarding my fine art project ‘All the Bins in the World,’ which has often been referred to in the media as the Binoto Project (a portmanteau of bin and photo). I was too optimistic when I calculated how many photos I could take in a day. Rather than … Read more