The Wait ( 2020), Mixed Media, Fredrick Idele. Mathew Oyedele On Saturday 20th of February 2021, Artpedia gallery opened to the public with an art exhibition that traces and examines the influence, significance and effect of time and happenings on artists' subconscious minds. The exhibition, titled, Persistence Of Time features six artists: Ikechukwu Ezeigwe, Fredrick Idele, Ada Godspower, Sejiro Avoseh, Elizabeth Ekpetorson and Habeeb Andu. One is welcomed into the exhibition hallway by the striking works of Habeeb Andu whose fusion of discarded materials with canvas expresses bold socio-political themes. I was glued to his mixed media work with the title, Arrival Quarters (2018) for minutes before I could even look at other works. The work brought back the anger and pity I felt when news broke out that Africans were being sold into slavery in Lybia some years ago. The composition of the work is carefully arranged to direct the eye to the silhouetted figures, hanging inver...
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