Ilè Oriaku documents artist Toyin Ojih Odutola’s dual presentations at Kunsthalle Basel and the Nigerian Pavilion during the 2024 Venice Biennale. Ilè Oriaku offers a close look at the artist’s richly detailed and illustrative work that captures the nuances of her characters with exceptional precision while also directly examining her Nigerian heritage. Similar to the exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel, the space of the publication evokes an imaginary Mbari house—a grid, taken from the exhibition walls, is abstracted on the printed page to create a conceptual connection to the work and writing within.

 

Scholarly texts by Mohamed Almusibli, Olamiju Fajemisin and Erin Jenoa Gilbert accompany creative contributions from Nelene Ojih Odutola, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Josephine Oriaku Ojih and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

 

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