'DNA' Solo show by African born artist Adjani Okpu-Egbe
Organization:
The Fourth Wall
Category:
Visual Arts
Geographical Area:
Oakland
Start
Date:
8/5/2016
End Date:
8/5/2016
Start Time:
6:00 PM
End Time:
9:00 PM
Event
Info:
Reception Friday, August 5, 6-9pm Exhibition July 15 - August 6
The Fourth Wall Gallery in Oakland, California is featuring Adjani Okpu-Egbe's first solo show in the United States, "DNA." Okpu-Egbe's strong social commentary is synonymous with contemporary African Art (Afro-Expressionism), making him prominent among an emerging generation of African born artists. These artworks inform us of world cultures, minority experiences, and the lives of the disadvantaged. His compositions balance street culture with high culture and African spiritualism with modern banality.
Okpu-Egbe is from a new generation of African-born artists. Born in Cameroon, his bold, textured paintings are quintessentially Afro-Expressionist. Okpu-Egbe's aesthetic is multi-layered, informed by his experiences growing up in Cameroon and by the global politics of a metropolis such as London, where he currently lives. Okpu-Egbe turns to his life experiences to create his work: stories of his African childhood, personal encounters, historical research and political commentary. He studied history, archaeology and Egyptology and draws from these subjects. Viewers excavate and unravel the many viewpoints in his compositions, decoding the significance of heads or limbs and the mathematical equations which span his work. Okpu-Egbe builds his own set of symbols and painterly vernacular while being inspired by Miro, Dubuffet, Basquiat, Picasso, Twombly and de Kooning. His technique is executed in thick textured acrylic and overworked in oil-bar, often applied onto found materials: doors, wooden palettes and bubble wrap. His compositions fuse street culture and high culture, the use of discarded materials and a spontaneous application of paint convey his brilliant thought process and spontaneous narrative. His work has been featured in The Financial Times, Beaux Arts Magazine, London Live, CNN, and Bloomberg TV. Okpu-Egbe was also commissioned by the BBC to produce a painting for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012.
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