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9 June to 29 September 2024.Journey into the lush landscapes of Nigerian artist Nengi Omuku‘s exhibition The Dance of People and the Natural World.
Omuku’s human figures blend seamlessly with nature, exploring the relationship between individual and collective thought, belonging, and psychological spaces that transcend traditional Western landscape painting.
Omuku’s rich, dreamlike color palette is heavily influenced by the muted tones of Sanyan, a pre-colonial Nigerian textile woven from moth silk and cotton, blending Western oil painting traditions with Nigeria’s textile craftsmanship.
Hung away from the gallery wall or suspended from ceilings, Omuku invites the audience to see both sides of each cloth, revealing symbolic artistry and patterns like prayers of fertility woven within. Her paradisical landscapes and gardens draw inspiration from real places and imagined realms where flora and fauna take on fantastical forms.
Whether real or imagined, Omuku's works offer landscapes to long for and find solace in, as she looks back at happier times and explores the slow passage of time.
Nengi Omuku Eden, 2022. Oil on sanyan 224 x 520 cm, 88 ¼ x 204 ¾ in (PH10463) Courtesy the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London. © Nengi Omuku. Photography by Mark Blower.
A large painting of figures in a multicoloured landscape, the composition separated into two halves by a diagonal pink area.
A large painting of figures in a multicoloured landscape, the composition separated into two halves by a diagonal pink area.
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16 Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA Bristol, United Kingdom, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4, United Kingdom,Bristol, United Kingdom
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