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ART X Lagos 2020

2 - 9 Dec 2020

SMO Contemporary Art presents Meet My Eyes at the 2020 edition of ART X Lagos, a body of work which speaks to the soul of the human experience, the act of looking, of being seen, of pride and defiance, of claiming ones’ space and having a steady gaze, which comes from self love and celebrating our intrinsic socio-cultural contributions, of seeing the other while celebrating the self.

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London

7 - 12 Oct 2020 Presenting a solo showcase of master Ugandan artist Sanaa Gateja at 1-54 London. Sanaa shows for the first time, his 6 panel work titled 'Paths', depicting the journey of the world's largest continent and the Mother of Mankind, Africa. In these works, Sanaa tells a story of human experiences from across the continent, celebrating and recording paths that lead to various destinies along the way. He believes all journeys have a purpose and influence, ranging from nomadic existence, immigration, exploration, trade, even the most horrific of all journeys - wars and slave trade and thus, make up the most profound of all human stories, The Great Continent's Great Story. Read more

Being Free

3 - 31 Oct 2020

In Being Free, Deborah Segun explores the diverse bodies of women through shape and colour, portraiture and narrative, creating an important counterpoint to society’s patriarchal notion of the “ideal woman”. Combining abstraction and figuration Segun creates voluptuous figures in varied graceful poses, celebrating the female form in a refreshing, lyrical style, in her solo exhibition.

NEO CUSTODIANS

6 - 30 Sep 2020

In Neo Custodians, three young artists, Ifeatuanya “Ify” Chiejina, Nwakuso Edozien, and Johnson Eziefula sift through layers of social, ancestral, and cultural inheritance and influences in an attempt to define, examine, and celebrate self.

DIS LAGOS LIFE

23 Feb - 26 Jun 2020

Dis Lagos Life is an exhibition of photographs and digital collage exposing the pulsating heartbeat of an unforgiving megacity through the lens of six contemporary artists, who have lived, breathed,...