Olu amoda biography definition

  • History, identity and authenticity.
  • Born in Okere, Warri, Delta State in , Olu Amoda is one artist whose trajectory is not only transformative but also imbued with.
  • Having reeled out breathtaking works on metal and steel from the Lagos studio since when he moved in, sculptor, Olu Amoda has to relocate.

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    Chinwe&#; Brushing Kings and Lords 

    BY TAJUDEEN SOWOLE
    First published, January ,

    WHAT does it really take to get the Kings and Lords sit before a painter?

     United Kingdom-based Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, a native of Awka, Eastern Nigeria, Chinwe gives an insight into her approach when working on a portrait at that level of commission: "It is not something to be undertaken lightly and a successful commission will involve time and effort on both sides, as well as establishing a good personal rapport." She has a way of putting her subjects at ease adding that she likes to chat whilst working so that she can study and record how a face animates and changes during conversation, for instance.
      The commissioning process begins with a meeting between artist and a sitter (the subject),  (or artist, sitter and commissioning committee), to determine what type of portrait is required, she states.
      "The next stage is the first sitting. A pastel study ma

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    A found-object sculptural musing on two plays:

    Ruined by Lynn Nottageand Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka

     

    Skoto Gallery is pleased to present “Rite of Passage”, an exhibition of welded steel and mixed media sculptures bygd the Nigerian-born sculptor Olu Amoda. 

     

    Over the last three decades Olu Amoda’s work continues his rigorous exploration of an independent struktur of thinking in art-making and design principles that consciously strike a balance between material, struktur and technique. A prolific artist with a varied and dynamic oeuvre that include sculptures, furniture design, murals and multimedia installations, he has consistently demonstrated an uncanny ability to focus on a given theme and generate a cohesive and vigorous body of work, a veritable product of intense and deep reflection.

     

    Characterized by an open, process-oriented form eller gestalt of engagement that explore what it means to be an artist working with the

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    Olu Amoda and Kelani Abass share common focus in The Ascendancy of Machine

    As Lagos enters into its visual art season dotted with lots of activities and exhibitions, O’DA Art Gallery is using the opportunity to present, The Ascendancy of Machine, an exhibition worth seeing.

    Curated by Sunshine Alaibe, manager/curator, O’DA Art Gallery, the exhibition brings together the works of Kelani Abass (b) and Olu Amoda (b) at its gallery space from October 29 to November 19,

    In this exhibition, both artists, although highly distinct in style and subject matter, share a common focus in which the evolution of modern and contemporary practices affect their interpretation of socio-political and environmental discourses in today’s Africa. In Kelani Abass’ work, he revisits the history and relationship between Man and Machine as it pertains to Africa’s potential in capitalizing production and industrialisation. Similarly, using repurposed objects to create his work, Olu Amoda’s sculptures in