We congratulate our fellow Odili Donald Odita with his mid-career solo exhibition 'Odili Donald Odita: A Survey of Context' at Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, in Birmingham, Alabama, US!

A Survey of Context spans Odita’s entire career and includes paintings, works on paper, and early photographic works by the artist. Odita’s Authentic African series addresses cultural authenticity, duality, and perceptions. The artist’s Vogue series presents digitally manipulated magazine covers that reveal the encoded messaging and cultural biases employed by mass media and popular culture in the depiction and exploitation of black bodies. These early works illuminate the social, cultural, and political foundations of Odita’s conceptual interests, and offer an intriguing insight and context into the iconic abstract compositions for which he is now widely known.

You can see the exhibition until 7 December 2024

Photo: installation view, Odili Donald Odita: A Survey of Context, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Sept 13 – Dec 7, 2024. © 2024 AEIVA, UAB. Photo: Beau Gustafson.

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