UNMASKED
UNMASKED
The Wheatbaker (Lagos, Nigeria) was delighted to host UNMASKED (March 10 - May 4th, 2018), the third edition of Standing Out, the yearly female artist exhibition curated by SMO Contemporary Art. UNMASKED presents the work of seven avant-garde female artists based in Nigeria, interpreting the power of women & mental health, in honor of World Women’s Day (March 8, 2018).
UNMASKED featured powerful paintings, photographs, digital art, ceramic works, a string installation and spoken word performance by artists who are not afraid to speak up and out: Nengi Omuku, Koromone Koroye, Nyancho NwaNri, Djakou Kassi Nathalie, Queen Nwaneri, Reha Shishodia and Somi Nwandu.
The artists explore the link between our thought world vis-a-vis the pressures women face in society. How do we break down societal constructs on what it is and what it takes to be a woman? How do women present their true selves? UNMASKED explores the concept of our multi-layered selves, boldly revealing what is behind the mask and exploring society’s obsession with perfection vis-à-vis our emotional reality and balance.
We are the star signs and the solar system
We are the girls who revolve around the earth
We are the sun
We are the girls who change with the seasons
So let us be those girls
- from 'We Are the Girls' by Koroye Koromone
Self on Secrets
Digital Print on Canvas
2017
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So many, I have been, but
Here lies the scariest of them all-
Sketched with Soul,
Strokes of Limitless
And fearlessly carved-
A portrait with my true colors.
Self in Glory
Digital Print on Canvas
2017
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She has the mindset of a Queen
And the heart of a Warrior.
She is everything
All at once and
too much for anyone
Who doesn’t deserve her.
She is Me.
Self to Daunt
Digital Print on canvas
2016
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I’ve got a thing for the type of people who are undeniably themselves.
The ones with messy hair and even messier souls.
The kinds of people who wear their hearts on their chests
and have passion in their tears.
It’s the people who fight for what they believe in and
never let their spirit settle that are the ones for me.
I’m obsessed with all the people who have the strength to remain soft
and let their fire burn hard.
These are my people.
Self in Side-Eye
Digital Print on Canvas
2017
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When you’ve learned to both see and not see the resemblance
Then you see the uniqueness.
Self with Poise
Digital Print on Canvas
2017
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I am meeting parts of myself I have been at war with and
emerging into something new.
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