With its continued concentrate on postcolonial youth tradition, Head of State’s second exhibition analyzed the transcendental energy of house. Since its 2016 delivery, the model has unfold its imaginative and prescient by each exhibition and runway exhibits. So coming behind the model’s earlier ‘Homecoming’ and ‘Reminiscences of House’ shows, the founder/artistic director, Taofeek Abijako headed to Strada Gallery to assemble the model’s second exhibition.
Entitled ‘House as Corpus,‘ Abijako’s newest work deepens the definition of house – going past the bodily meanings that his earlier two shows centered on. “This exhibition continues the theme of house, however the earlier two reference house within the bodily as a geological web site,” stated Abijako. “However this time round, I wished to discover one thing past that. House is extra corporal. It could actually exist in a single area, nevertheless it’s not restricted to that.”
Upon entry, attendees’ eyes instantly gravitated towards the middle of the area, which housed three crimson attire by Abijako. Though putting by show and design alone, the ability within the objects was their illustration of items of Abijako’s house of Nigeria whether or not it’s structure, sculpture, locations or private tales. Furthermore, the attire function a threadline between Head of State’s earlier assortment and foreshadowing forthcoming work.
As an entire, the exhibition, which was additionally curated by Diallo Simon-Ponte, got here collectively by a multidisciplinary lens – combining trend, movie, pictures, portray, sculpture and textile. Except for Abijako, ‘House as Corpus‘ featured works by Cameron Granger, Nola Ayoola, Oluwatobiloba Ajayi, Isabel Okoro and Lewinale Havette.
“Taofeek and Head of State have already developed this deep and exquisite conceptual framework. So it was very straightforward for me who inhabits the non secular observe of analysis,” stated Simon-Ponte. “My curiosity leads me down these rabbit holes. For instance, Cameron Granger was an artist in residence on the Studio Museum and I went to his studio and fell in love along with his observe. So it was a really stunning and amorphous dialog between Taefeek and I.”
Check out Head of State’s newest presentation ‘House as Corpus‘ within the gallery above.
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