Artists’ Commune unveiling works of 20 emerging creatives
By Prisca Sam-Duru, edited by Osa Amadi, Arts Editor
Colourful paintings of 20 emerging Artists; 8 digital artists and 12 non-digital artists are currently showing at the 6th edition of The Artists Commune, holding at the One Art Gallery space, Lagos.
The Artists Commune is an artist-run gallery and community established for the purpose of creating a platform for emerging artists to showcase their works professionally, while offering them opportunity to ease into the Art industry.
The 6th exhibition with the theme, “Into The Multiverse” opened to the public on Sunday, May 28 and runs till June 30, 2023, featuring hybrid show of digital and physical exhibits.
On display at the exhibition are beautiful pieces of different forms of artwork ranging from Abdulazeez Ganiyat’s oil on canvas titled, ‘the healer also needs healing’ to Akingbade Adeniyi’s ‘Realest One’, a sculpture of a man on locks made with toothpicks and wooden skewers.
Also on display are Claire Oluwaseun George’s paintings on Ankara, and Nwankwo Uchenna’s paradoxical painting on canvas which he titled, ‘ Curiosity did not kill the cat’.
The artworks curated for the 6th exhibition according to the director of One Art Gallery, Abiola Bodunrin, were selected from exceptional works of 20 Artists and were picked randomly out of 150 entries. “We didn’t have any clear criteria. We were looking out for exceptional work, we didn’t want to leave anyone out. This exhibition ongoing is called The Artists Commune and the idea is to get different arts enthusiasts, and art lovers to gather in the same space to have a conversation.”We did an open call, 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 both female and male artists,” he said.