Kehinde Wiley Temitayo Ogunbiyi Collins Obijiaku Joy Labinjo Joseph Awuah-Darko Bubu Ogisi - ART exhibition in Nigeria

Jaiyeorie February 28, 2022

#jaiyeorie Joy Labinjo's first exhibition in Nigeria and on the continent at Tiwani Contemporary Lagos, the gallery is delighted to host a conversation between the British-Nigerian artist⁠ Joy Labinjo new series presents the body as a political agent and platform. By portraying herself nude, she invites the viewer to consider the artist’s position, and the cultural loads that cover the body.

Labinjo obscures reference to place, time, and social affiliation and prioritises her self-perspective, removing much of the representational content that took precedence in earlier work. These works imitate a personal relationship between Labinjo and her body and present a point through which the artist is able to build associations that inform her interpretations of her surroundings and crucially, her own body.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Temitayo Ogunbiyi is a Nigerian-based contemporary artist and curator.

She is known for her exhibitions in several museums, the most popular being the playground installed at Italy's Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina in 2020, known as You Can Play in the Everyday, Running. She earned a BA from Princeton University, New Jersey, in 2006 and later received her master's degree in art history from Columbia University, New York, in 2011. Ogunbiyi is a recipient of numerous fellowships and awards ,including a Smithsonian Artist in Research Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Fellowship.⁠ Kehinde Wiley - Collins Obijiaku Bubu Ogisi Joy Labinjo Joseph Awuah-Darko