Galleries and museums have recently started showing particular interest in contemporary African art. Born in Nigeria in 1976, Bright Ugochukwu Eke works with found objects, like many of contemporaries, to create highly metaphorical installations based on his ecologically damaged environment. Inspired by suffering from a skin infection triggered by acid rain, he developed an installation called “Acid Rain”, consisting of numerous small plastic bags filled with acidified water, for the 2006 Dakar Biennale. Bright Eke will create multiple large-scale installations for the Ursula Blickle Foundation, which will be his first installations in Germany and address the ecological problems of his native continent, Africa.