A choice of work by artist Atanda Quadri Adebayo. Primarily based in Lagos, Nigeria, Adebayo’s work is about self-discovery — acknowledging the previous and projecting himself into the longer term. Adebayo was born in Badagry (situated on the outskirts of Lagos), an essential geographical crossroads within the Trans-Atlantic slave commerce and that colonial historical past carries by means of into his work. Figures seem unbroken, elegantly posed and brightly colored, regardless of the adversity they’ve confronted. Their expressions equally convey an empowered vulnerability in addition to a way of bliss amidst wrestle.
Adebayo’s use of charcoal to render the pores and skin of his figures might be traced again to an early age when his mom would deliver house chunks of charcoal that she would promote in Lagos to maintain the household. His work additionally includes the repetition of summary patterns created by blowing watercolour on canvas utilizing a straw. By incorporating his personal breath, Adebayo infuses elements of himself into his artwork.
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