Artists Commune Hosts 20 Artists
No fewer than 20 emerging artists’ artworks were recently exhibited at the sixth Artists Commune at One Art Gallery, Lagos. The artworks on display included eight digital and 12 non-digital artworks.
The exhibition is themed, Into The Multiverse. The Artists Commune is a gallery and community for emerging artists to showcase their works.
On display were pieces of artworks by Abdulazeez Ganiyat, oil on canvas, entitled: The healer also needs healing, Akingbade Adeniyi’s Realest One, a sculpture of a man on locks made with toothpicks and wooden skewers.
Others were Claire Oluwaseun George’s paintings on Ankara, and Nwankwo Uchenna’s paradoxical painting on canvas, entitled, Curiosity did not kill the cat.
According to the Director, One Art Gallery, Mr Abiola Bodunrin, the artworks were selected from the 150 entries.
He said, “We had no clear criteria. We were looking for exceptional works and didn’t want to leave anyone out. The exhibition is called The Artists Commune, and the idea is to get different arts enthusiasts and art lovers to gather in the same space and have a conversation.
“We did an open call, and about 150 artists applied to showcase their works, and we were able to select 20. And out of the 20, we had to divide them into digital and non-digital artists and collections from female and male artists,” he said.
Bodunrin said: “Digital art is not entirely new; it’s just that we have evolved, especially during the COVID-19 period, when NFT (online marketplace for artists) became very big. That propelled digital artists to reach wider audiences and sell their works big.’’