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Face Facts, Language and Communication
The lure of becoming an international figure fascinates me- to cross national borders effortlessly and encounter new people with their...
Sep 27, 20225 min read


Marcia Kure, Mastering Line!
On 6 September, 2022, you are invited to the exhibition Marcia Kure: Reticulation at Susan Inglett Gallery, New York. I am excited to see...
Aug 27, 20223 min read


Relational Lines: The Disjunction of Sameness
To be included in this Exhibition with Anthea Epelle and Obinna Makata is exciting news. The title felt so like what I would use as the...
Dec 1, 20213 min read


Untitled
Moon Rising, Sun shining New works. #Africa #Art #Relationships
Nov 2, 20211 min read


The Blinding Sun Danced.
I fell in love with the idea of a Rainbow nation. Till I visited the place, where the Ark had rested, and the Great Flood stanched. There...
Mar 23, 20211 min read


Form is not Enough
A new friend asked me the question- why did you move from the figurative to non-figurative works? Two days later, I sent him this reply-...
Mar 22, 20211 min read


Un Homme du Peuple.
It started as a simple idea- a man of the people, dead centre in the middle of the canvas with people surrounding him, flailing in...
Mar 18, 20212 min read


Seeing into Ibe, an essay
On a Lighter Note A few years ago, Sandra Mbanefo-Obiago exhibited Ibe Ananaba and I at Temple Muse, Lagos. That event was the beginning...
Nov 16, 20206 min read


MalariaT
Returning to Lagos has been quite enjoyable in many ways. There was the fact of meeting inquisitive and familiar faces that wanted a...
Nov 6, 20193 min read


He asked some deep questions.
I enjoy talking. I enjoy the stimuli of intelligent conversation. And I hope to see underlying questions in retrospective. I talk some...
Apr 1, 20191 min read


About Uche Edochie and Tolu Aliki
I wrote this essay for the catalogue of Uche Edochie and Tolu Aliki’s amazing show HALFWAY THROUGH A THOUSAND MILES. If you saw the...
Oct 18, 20184 min read


Engaging the Enemy: The Voices of Interrupted Lives
Creative practice and political crusading could well be the sub-theme for this exhibition. Through the ages, the role of the artist in...
Nov 19, 20129 min read
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