It offers an intimate space for lovers of contemporary art and fine wine to come together. Artpedia Gallery is a contemporary art gallery and creative experience in the heart of Lagos, Nigeria. Ekundayo is head curator at Galeri ODUMIJE, a research and curatorial outfit she recently established and which operates out of Lagos, Nigeria. She is also a part of the organising team of the Lagos Book & Art Festival, LABAF, a yearly prime literacy and youth empowerment project that recently concluded its 22nd edition. She is affiliated with the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA), a Nigerian not-for-profit platform for artists, art critics and aficionados, and culture advocates as the Communications Officer. Her professional practice began in March 2017 with a group exhibition of amateur photographers, and has grown to curating key projects involving the likes of revered legendary artist, Bruce Onobrakpeya and Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka,in various media ranging from drawings and paintings, to film and photographs, to texts and installations amongst other art forms. Specific about modern and contemporary African art, she has curated exhibitions around the country and internationally. Ekundayo is an independent art curator based in Lagos, Nigeria. ‘The Persistence of Time’ is curated by Lagosbased curator, Kehinde ‘Kennii’ Ekundayo. Established in November 2020 by Onomen “Nomzky” Onohi, a familiar name amongst the Nigerian music scene as well as an avid collector of art, this exhibition will be the first in the Artpedia gallery space, officially launching it into the art community and sector. “It also realises other subthemes totalled as creative inspirations and range from sociopolitical influences to identity that indicate the actuality - accurately serving as a repository where evidences of the now will be stored for posterity. “This is reflected in the interconnectedness of the 28 randomly selected and displayed artworks by six artists who have independently produced each body of work at different times (dating from 2017 to 2021). The exhibition, The Persistence of Time theorises the influence of time in artistic innovation. “It is almost always a prerequisite in many art shows to create a concept that introduces a completely fresh meaning and sense to a collection. ![]() “The show is a walk through the socio-political connotations of Avoseh easily identified for his style of fusing collage and painting techniques to create dissimilar forms layered in a complex manner to the hasty yet measured brushstrokes of Elizabeth Ekpetorson, who logs time and allows its resulting elements such as emotions and reactions fuel her artistic production. ![]() “Tallying with the movement, it presents a school of artistry that has been shaped by time - through individual experiences and social events - and distinctively marked by the capricious forms and precise reflections of the unconscious mind. The Gallery in a statement announcing the show, stated that the title of the exhibition borrows from the iconic painting of Spanish artist, Salvador Dalí, one of the remarkable artists of the Surrealism art movement named The Persistence of Memory (1931). ‘The Persistence of Time’ brings together 28 paintings from the gallery’s expansive collection featuring artists Ada Godspower, Elizabeth Ekpetorson, Frederick Idele, Ikechukwu Ezeigwe, Habeeb Andu and Sejiro Avoseh. Featuring top Nigerian contemporary artists, the group art exhibition opens today Saturday, 20 February, and will run till April 30, at Artpedia Gallery, Oluwakayode Jacobs Crescent, Off Freedom Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State. Lagos-based contemporary art gallery and creative experience, Artpedia Gallery, launches new gallery space with a group art exhibition titled: ‘The Persistence of Time’.
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