SUBTLE Textures, the inaugural exhibition of Rele Gallery at its new home in ikoyi, Lagos, opens Sunday, May 1.
Rele, formerly based at Onikan area, has now relocated to 32D, Thompson Avenue, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Featuring works by Osi Audu, Annick Kamgang, Sedireng Mothibatsela, Kelani Abass, Papa Omotayo and Temitayo Ogunbiyi — “artists working across diverse themes in dialogue on modes of mark-making and image production, through a build-up of component parts, simultaneously creating and archiving language and visual experience,” stated the gallery.
“Showcased works loosen drawing from the associative, presenting it as an independent form and challenging traditional ideas of technique and material. In this exhibition, drawing is considered across process and form, a layered artistic dimension by itself, capable of crafting complex narratives and worlds, as well as acting as a site for the production of self, memory and parallel realities.
The exhibition, according to a statement, explores the generative qualities of drawing and line in creating composite forms and spheres of knowledge.
“As the gallery moves into a new space, a blank canvas for the playing out of future possibilities, the fluidity of drawing and its capacity for transformation forms an essential starting point. Here, line becomes a promise, one of vast potentiality reproducing endless possibilities in space,” says the statement.
The gallery, which says it is pleased to be transitioning into the new Lagos space this Sunday, May 1, 2022, hopes everyone can join them at 32D, Thompson Avenue, Ikoyi, from 1 pm-3 pm for a children’s tour. The exhibition, which requires an RSVP to attend, will be open to everyone from 4 pm-8 pm.See also
“This new space located in Ikoyi is reflective of the gallery’s growth and is a stronger commitment to our community here in Nigeria, as we continue to fulfill our mission to trigger more audiences into appreciating, engaging and collecting art from Africa. In this new space, art lovers will now have richer experiences with multiple exhibitions and programming happening concurrently”.
