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Beyond Painting Photo-Perfect Portraits
Sadly, I started painting this portrait in 2013, a few months after my father had passed died. In the painting, he was attorney-general of
Jun 1, 20233 min read
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When The Flow Happens
There are these ideas you 'see' even before painting. You embrace the moment and just go with it. It becomes what you were born to do, a...
May 12, 20231 min read
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A catalog of works
You can download this catalog of my paintings here. I wrote some text around my process. I hope you enjoy it.
May 3, 20231 min read
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Upcoming Exhibition: AFRICAN ABSTRACTIONS II
You are invited to see the Art Exhibition African Abstractions II at Montague Contemporary Art Gallery, New York.
Mar 13, 20231 min read
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Throngs and Raising Dust: The Crowded Canvas
When I was a child father would take us in his Datsun car on trips to visit friends and relatives. Mother dressed us in clothes with...
Feb 10, 20232 min read
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Celebrating 2 Months at Torpedo Factory Art Center
It is my second month at Torpedo Factory Art Center. It has been a great experience. Studio 324 has old and new works- drawings and...
Jan 4, 20235 min read
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Anxiety, Identity, and Distorted Pictures
Art is a socializing act. Multiple movements are screaming for an outlet. It’s possible to get sucked into the work. I suggest or...
Jan 4, 20221 min read
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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
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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
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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
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Lockdown New York
Here’s the story of my life during this pandemic written by Okey Uwaezuoke in today’s ThisDay Newspapers- https://okeysworld.wordpress.co...
Apr 26, 20201 min read
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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
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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
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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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Kelechi Amadi-Obi, Lawyer, Artist;latest medium-Photography
This was a picture of the artist/renowned Nigerian fashion photographer Kelechi Amadi-Obi taken at Arise Fashion Show, in Federal Palace...
Mar 23, 20121 min read
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