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Ken Nwadiogbu Presents Eyes As Means Of Revelation

<p><em>Ken Nwadiogbu&comma; a Nigerian exhibites in the US<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that Thinkspace Projects is pleased to present Nigerian-born multidisciplinary artist Ken Nwadiogbu’s first solo exhibition in the United States&period; &OpenCurlyQuote;UBUNTU’ is an ideology of humanity&comma; often translated as &&num;8220&semi;I am because we are&period;” In twenty new hyperrealist works&comma; Nwadiogbu investigates representation through a focal-point of eyes as a means of discovering and revelation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;By recreating his own realities as a young Nigerian&comma; his work projects the experiences encountered by black lives around the globe&period; Ken Nwadiogbu invokes a humanist connection to the ongoing issues of police brutality&comma; racism&comma; xenophobia&comma; culture conflict and shock&period; Working with charcoal and acrylic he creates a hyperrealist narrative that demands socio-political thought and discourse&comma; bringing the ideology full circle by emphasizing an understanding that we are more alike than different&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Societal tendencies drive Nwadiogbu’s work and his commitment to technique amplifies the intention behind every mark&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ken <strong>Nwadiogbu<&sol;strong> explains&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I implore us to consider our society as spaces we occupy and challenge us to think&comma; in a larger context&comma; about our role in these spaces&comma; what we can do to influence these spaces and how we react to these spaces&comma; because I believe&comma; it is only then that we can discover the true meaning of Ubuntu&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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