Dennis Osadebe
Consultent, 2018
About
Dennis Osadebe is a Nigerian mixed-media artist best known for his vibrant post-pop style. Osadebe’s style is a unique blend of digital processes which he uses to create canvases that are subsequently layered with acrylic paint. With his characteristic use of flattened planes and bold colours, the artist creates what he refers to as a “NEO” visual style, one that is “modern, bright, expressive and provocative”.(text website artist)
Hone Alone II, 2018
“For art in a whole continent to be limited to just one label – ‘African Art’ – is a problem,” he continues. “It is not doing justice to the different experiences that a diverse range of artists are facing and expressing in the continent. It is also bad for the stakeholders in the industry, especially with the recognition that art is getting from the continent now. There is no African Art.”
General Market, 2018
“There is also an inherent sense of isolation associated with the helmet,” Osadebe explains, “which parallels the isolation created by the technologies that we consume. As the technologies of our world advance and offer a new level of global connectivity, they also transform our experience and the way we interact with others. We become detached and enter a virtual environment, blocking many of our basic senses.”
Long Weekend, 2018
“People often think that the studio is a factory where you manufacture pieces and boom! -present an art exhibition. For me, it is more like a lab where you experiment and an exhibition is a result of several successful experiments.”(quotes from DesignIndaba Magazine, 2018)
