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Suraj AdekolaCultural Mosaic 1, 2023Adire (tie-dye) on Fabric63 x 78 3/4 in
160 x 200 cmCultural MosaicSuraj Adekola, Cultural Mosaic 1, 2023$ 11,820.00 -
Suraj AdekolaCultural Mosaic 2, 2023Adire (tie-dye) on Fabric91 3/8 x 79 1/2 in
232 x 202 cmCultural Mosaic $ 10,550.00 -
Suraj AdekolaCultural Mosaic 3, 2023Adire (tie-dye) on Fabric78 3/4 x 84 1/4 in
200 x 214 cmCultural MosaicSuraj Adekola, Cultural Mosaic 3, 2023$ 10,550.00 -
Suraj AdekolaInclusive Hues 1 , 2023Acrylic, Oil Sticks on canvas31 1/8 x 33 1/8 in
79 x 84 cmSuraj Adekola, Inclusive Hues 1 , 2023$ 3,670.00 -
Suraj AdekolaRoot Radiance 1, 2023Acrylic and Oil Sticks on canvas25.5 x 25.5 cmRoot RadianceSuraj Adekola, Root Radiance 1, 2023$ 820.00
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Suraj AdekolaBroken Face, 2022Acrylic, Oil Sticks on canvas23 5/8 x 20 1/8 in
60 x 51 cmSuraj Adekola, Broken Face, 2022$ 2,900.00 -
Suraj AdekolaWe should all be Blacks 1, 2022Bleach, spray paint, and oil bars on Adire (tie-dye) fabric91 1/2 x 68 3/8 in
232.5 x 173.75 cmSuraj Adekola, We should all be Blacks 1, 2022$ 15,500.00 -
Suraj AdekolaWe will not forget you, 2022Bleach, spray paint, and oil bars on Adire (tie-dye) fabric92 1/2 x 79 3/4 in
235 x 202.5 cm
Suraj Adekola, born 1983, is a Nigerian artist currently living in Manchester, UK. His work is informed by post-colonial narratives. Through painting, installation, and drawing, he uses elements of contemporary and historical material to explore themes of migration, diversity, integration, belonging, and identity politics.
Suraj repurposed traditional Adire (tie-dye) fabric as surface for his paintings instead of the conventional canvas, and as an installation. Adire is an indigenous and popular indigo-tie-dyed fabric - decorated with a resist-dyeing technique to create striking patterns - made in his hometown Egbaland, Abeokuta, a capital of Adire making in Nigeria. The fabric became part of ways in which the artist defines and entrenches his identity as Black. It is interesting how material can connect us to the idea of home, or to another landscape in which it can be transported and reinforce a sense of identity and belonging.
His new body of work is a tribute to Blacks; their loud silence, their undelivered feelings, their worth, their beauty, their unrecognised contribution to the growth of Western world. These characteristics that often fall into the shadows are what his new body of work consumed.
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