Affordable Art? Of course!
I was included in this exhibition and auction organised by ArtHouse Contemporary Limited, Lagos on the 27th of February, 2016. One needs...
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Mar 11, 20162 min read
A Visit to the Future
The artist with 36 students from Oguta Girls Secondary school. This is how it should be. I walk from the second floor of my studio in...
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Mar 9, 20165 min read
To See The Man’s Home
home \’hom\ noun : the place (such as a house or apartment) where a person lives : a family living together in one building, house,...
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Mar 2, 20161 min read
Noone Works In A Void
Washerwoman Whenever I paint, I remember the experience of other paintings. #Painting
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Feb 23, 20161 min read
Personal beauty, or Poise
Long ago in university I realized that individuality is not to be sacrificed for the applause of the crowd. That is the training and...
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Aug 1, 20151 min read
Nigeria / Roots : Contemporary Artists from Nigeria
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/06/contemporary-artists-from-nigeria-a-view-through-outsiders-window/ I got the lovely catalogue of...
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Jul 8, 20151 min read
Conversations or The Dying of Languages
This is an excerpt from a conversation I just had with a friend called ‘Suzy’. We are friends on Blackberry Messenger, and today she woke...
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Jun 22, 20152 min read
When Beauty is An Associated Notion( or In defense of the imperfections of the painting The Holy Fam
In traditional African art, the human form is exaggerated for effect, while the western traditions followed the rules of proportion and...
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Jun 8, 20151 min read
Flowers in Bloom
“It is only by selection, by elimination, and by emphasis that we get at the real meaning of things,” Georgia O’Keeffe, American painter.
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Feb 14, 20153 min read
A Sad Love Story
Maybe there are the exceptional fairytale endings that fall into place finally in the most unusual way. There was my dear friend Nkem...
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Sep 3, 20141 min read
Pictures within pictures.
Over the years I have taken tens of thousands of shots. That’s the digital luxury we enjoy these days. I was able to print at least a...
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Dec 9, 20122 min read
Dream Show-Opening of Autobiography and Beatitudes
The day started slowly, as the traffic on the Ajah end was especially horrid. By 3.30pm, the only people in the foyer of the Lagos...
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Nov 29, 20125 min read
EXPLAINING THE EXHIBITION: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BEATITUDES
The need to create a different narrative arose from a conversation with Joan Egwuterai, manager, communications and external relations at...
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Nov 26, 20129 min read
RE:AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BEATITUDES, my art exhibition
This is an autobiography of the works I have done, the stories, the places I have been and the events transmitted through poems,...
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Nov 24, 20121 min read
ACCESS DENIED-IKOTA SHOPPING COMPLEX
#Business #LagosState #Nigeria
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Nov 19, 20129 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...
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Mar 23, 20121 min read
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...
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