“One day, I spilled coffee on paper and when I looked at it I realized I could make art from it.”
Art Reviews
Her experiment anchors Folakunle Oshun’s words in his introduction that “at the heart of the exhibition is an exploration of the complexities of shifting notions of home and identity.”
The “Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage To The Lakes” was a reminder that the immigrant is often no more than a tortoise and no matter how far the journey, he or she will always bear his or her home on her back.
This is my third time at 1 -54 since it was launched in 2013 by Touria El Glaoui, as the pre-eminent international fair dedicated to providing visibility to contemporary art from Africa artists and those in the diaspora. 1-54 holds three editions every year—in London, New York and Marrakech with a pop-up fair in Paris
The works reflect the thoughts process of the émigré but where a less competent artist would have presented gloomy and depressing images we have an exuberance borne out of his choice of colours which manage to save the portraits from depressing the viewer.
In Africa, only a glutton feasts alone. That truism has been highlighted in stories and…
The first time an artist and a liquor company collaborated on a bottle was in…
Mr. Boateng styles himself as the apostle of Hueism, a photographic style that privileges the black body and subject presented with/in a burst of bright colours and joy.
Peju Oshin’s debut at the Gagosian may have broken footfall records for an opening night but its relevance lies beyond attendance numbers. It lies more in the urgent conversations it has managed to open up around issues that resonate in contemporary diasporic discourse.
Stolen and looted artefacts from the Benin Kingdom are finding their way home. After decades of insistent cultural diplomacy…
Most visitors to Holland, even those making a brief stop-over at Schiphol airport, almost always…
The first time I heard about autism was in the movie Rain Man starring Tom…
Walking into the large hall that sunny afternoon, the first thought in my head was,…