WHITE CUBE
In perpetual movement, the Uhoda Collection is revealed, piece by piece, in a display window on the Rue St. Paul, in the heart of Liège.
© JL DERU
From 12 June until 28 July 2025
Omar Victor Diop (SN), 1980
Pedro Camejo (Diaspora Series), 2015
Photography
Identity, heritage, crossroads.
Identity and discovery are the main themes of Omar Victor Diop's “Diaspora” project. This photographic series reveals and explores the history of the role of Africans outside Africa. Drawing on portraits of notable Africans who have left their mark on world history, Diop contrasts and compares his own life journey and heritage with theirs, tracing the unique destinies of travellers and those who find themselves in a foreign environment.
For the first time, he puts himself on stage in his art. He refers to the world of sport, football in particular, to show the duality of a life of glory and recognition that is also a life spent being ‘the other’.
Pedro Camejo (1790-1821), known as ‘Negro Primero’ or ‘the First Black’, was a Venezuelan soldier who fought with the rebel army during the Venezuelan War of Independence, rising through the ranks to the position of Lieutenant. He got his nickname from the fact that he was always at the front in every battle. He was the only black officer in Simon Bolivar's army.