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ADEOLU OSIBODU
MOLESTED EMOTIONS, 2020
Gliclée print on Hot Press Natural
70 x 56 cm
Edition of 10 + 2 ap |
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FEELS LIKE HOME AGAIN |
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| 29 April – 11 June 2022 |
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| Opening: Saturday 30 April 18:00 |
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ADEOLU OSIBODU
1 TO THE BURIAL OF AN INLAW, JULY 1992, 2018
From the series: Losing Amos
C-Print on Hahnemühle Baryta
74,25 x 49,5 cm
Edition of 10 + 2ap |
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Adeolu Osibodu (*1997) is an artist from Lagos, Nigeria. His engagement with photography started at the age of 18 out of the urge to manifest his thoughts. Using this media, he was able to preserve the energy of time plus convey a certain mood. Taking pictures of peculiar scenes, plants, clouds or sun rays coming though an open window, photography almost became therapeutic - and felt like home again.
As time went on, he began to explore ideas of surrealism and used his digital toolkit to apply more dreamy concepts. His visual journal then allowed the artist to enter a world of timeless image-making. The exhibition introduces works from Osibodu’s recent series LOSING Amos and Saggio. |
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ADEOLU OSIBODU
6 DAUGHTER GETS ENGAGED, SEPTEMBER 1991, 2018
From the series: Losing Amos
C-Print on Hahnemühle Baryta
74,25 x 49,5 cm
Edition of 10 + 2ap |
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LOSING Amos
My Grandfather, Pa Amos Olufemi Adelaja, died late 2014. It was until about then I realized how casual my idea of him was. I constantly asked myself why I couldn’t see beyond his heavy grins. Why I couldn’t define him as more than the man who was never not glad. Was that all there was or did I just completely miss connecting to my ancestor? Was there a chance we could have been a lot closer and then, maybe I could have even inherited his hunting rifle? These were the unsettling thoughts that meddled with my conscience. Not the fact of losing someone, but of not understanding their identity.
On the self-portraits I am wearing Aso-Oke fabrics that my grandfather owned. Maybe this series is inspired by an urge to find consolation or my intimate affection for a time before being 'Adeolu'. Regardless, I am forever glad I happen to find myself in this state and connect to Ilisan-Remo, Ijebu, our hometown, where my mum and her siblings were raised. |
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ADEOLU OSIBODU
BABY SAGGIO, 2020
From the series: Saggio
Gliclée print on Hot Press Natural
70 x 56 cm
Edition of 10 + 2ap |
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SAGGIO - Heads of my friend
I am drawn to the idea of selves and just how many identities live inside a person. Imagine a compilation of your past personalities all coming together in different bodies. Nostalgia plays a strong role in this. I reference the past and the foul concept of time. Hence this work, Saggio - Heads of my friend, Adedolapo Boluwatife (nicknamed Saggio) along with some images of myself and my brother Mayowa. All photographed in spaces that make time look rigid and non-fleeting. Supporting the fact that you never really can pause anything. Time always flows and never asks for permission.
The gallery and exhibition space in Frobenstrasse 1 is a joint effort between art gallery ARTCO and independent curator Benjamin Merten with his platform THX AGAIN. Their shared curatorial mindset is driven by an interest in cultural productions from all parts of the world and a profound belief in global and local responsibility. |
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ADEOLU OSIBODU
The only time you'll ever need, 2020
Gliclée print on Hot Press Natural
70 x 56 cm
Edition of 10 + 2ap |
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