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Journeys, away and home again
We are a few days away from ArtX Lagos and I am so excited about this. Will you be coming? The buzz of the art crowd is my biggest...
Oct 30, 20173 min read
Artx Lagos.
Register to attend the exhibition starting from November 3-5, 2017. I will be shown by SMO gallery at ArtX Lagos. See you...
Oct 25, 20171 min read


Citizen of Nowhere: Finding Home
The faces are familiar, and yet have a distinct individual look; the languages are a thousand, and yet I know what they say to me. As in...
Oct 3, 20173 min read


You Don’t Always Have to Shoot To Kill, Love Leica!
I have intense bouts of love for things. This causes me to go to the limits till I fully own the object of my desire. At some point it...
Sep 17, 20173 min read


Abstract colors, More liberties
In this blog, I have written extensively about my work, the creative process, and the figurative. It has become more important to dwell...
Aug 31, 20172 min read


Conversation in my head: Between Anthony and Richard
Richard: You really think you are doing work that could change the world? Anthony: That is not the intent. I want to add to the raging...
Aug 18, 20173 min read


Squinting at a Crowded World: Genius and Madness at Play
#AbstractArt #Communication #Abstraction #Lagos #Stylization #Politics #Zeitgeist #Africa #Relationships
Aug 17, 20171 min read
How a carnival happened.
The Oguta Ameshi carnival just happened a few days ago. The noise had been loud, and the preparations befitting of its billing-a carnival...
Aug 17, 20171 min read


Personal Portrait: Mary has a little boy
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Aug 17, 20172 min read


My Dream show-Autobiography and Beatitudes
I met some awesome people who, in talking about my works, thought me again to see the works in a new light. I got excited at meeting...
Aug 17, 20171 min read


My interview with Anna
www.africafuturistic.com. We became friends in 2016 in Dakar during the last Art Biennale. Her works were exhibited at the main pavilion...
Aug 13, 20178 min read


Chaos and Creativity
‘ While working, I see the possibility of multiple stories jumping out from the artwork. It is a sort of cross-referencing, both directly...
Apr 13, 20172 min read


Obsessive Consumer Behavior in Check
I feature this article by Odun Orimolade DEVOURING MONSTERS: THE COSUMERIST CANNIBALS OF MAY OKAFOR’S APPLE TRAY INSTALLATION, written...
Mar 5, 20177 min read


Sighting Nelson Overhead
It was a sunny afternoon in Maboneng I passed by two friendly lovers That mingled with the shades Overhead loomed gigantic portrait of...
Feb 27, 20171 min read


Gestural Lines and Formal Repressions
#ElAnatsuiObioraUdechukwuLineDrawingUliNsukkauniver
Feb 26, 20171 min read
Harzardous Diction: X is for…
Of course X is for xylophone, and a word mentioned in this video on Youtube! Mathijs Lieshout runs the 13th Floor Gallery, with spaces at...
Feb 26, 20171 min read


To Build, Work= Effort over Time
In this Q and A session, Mathijs discusses the purpose of it all, the mystical Louis Kahn, Russian Constructivism, of Hybrids, work in...
Feb 25, 20176 min read


The Unrepresented Grew Familiar, Closer
At first they seemed like the opposition. Then they became the masses, then the line of separation was drawn. They were many; the...
Feb 19, 20171 min read


Lines of Thought, Colour Body
A work of art can have a line of thought that suggests, an energy that moves you. It is fleeting, like a lingering kiss from a waking...
Feb 16, 20171 min read


Bloody Cattle, Bullshit System
Some months back, I promised a friend that the series A Thousand Cattle, Two Hills will be pushed till I have a thousand artworks! Not...
Feb 15, 20171 min read
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