Adenaike, Ovraiti, others to participate in The Content: Spring Edition

Leading Nigerian artists, Tayo Adenaike and Sam Ovraiti will be joining five others to participate in The Content: Spring Edition coming up at Adam&Eve, Ikeja, Lagos. In a statement made available to journalists in Lagos, the The Content: Spring Edition is described as the third in the series by the organizers – Adam&Eve. The statement […]

Leading Nigerian artists, Tayo Adenaike and Sam Ovraiti will be joining five others to participate in The Content: Spring Edition coming up at Adam&Eve, Ikeja, Lagos.

In a statement made available to journalists in Lagos, the The Content: Spring Edition is described as the third in the series by the organizers – Adam&Eve.

The statement noted that the exhibition which will be running between April 1 and 30, 2018, is being curated by Lekan Onabanjo and will also witness the participation of Lekan Onabanjo, Olu Ajayi, Kehinde Sanwo, Victor Obasuyi and Ini Brown, all of who have been described as “Watercolour masters”.

“We are showing watercolour because the medium is gradually dying. We have chosen the select masters who have made marks in the medium over the decades,” Onabanjo said.

Similarly, Ovraiti argued that watercolour has not disappeared as believed by some people, but suffered lack of materials.  “Because of the high cost of material like the paper – which doesn’t allow for errors, most artists stay away from watercolour,” he said.

The organizer also disclosed that a total of 10 artworks from each of the seven artists would be on display.

“There is always a collector for every medium,” Onabanjo said. “You will be surprised that people have been waiting for watercolour exhibition such as this.” 

Kehinde Sanwo, on his part, noted that the content of an artwork should be the value not the size. “Watercolour serves the richness of having so many works on your walls. But on collector apathy, the bigger the size.”

Ovraiti however observed that apart from the technical challenge in controlling the flow of the medium on paper, there is also the limitation in size. “But a few artists know how to find their way around the size challenge, as professionals like us go beyond the regular sizes of small to much larger ones,”  he said.

“Despite the complexity of controlling the flow, and size challenge, artists of The Content – Spring Edition assured they have the experience required to make a great come-back for watercolour. 

“With the new set of artists showing at Adam&Eve, the list keeps growing.  Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya, Kolade Oshinowo, Raqib Bashorun, Zinno Orara, Duke Asidere, Fidelis Odogwu, Juliet Ezenwa, Francis Uduh, Ibe Ananaba, Damola Adepoju among others also showed in the first two editions,” the statement read.