Miffed by intrigues of COVID 19 pandemic two Nigerian contemporary artists, Orlu Prince Ozangeobuoma and Dodd Brown are jointly exhibiting bodies of works that echo various phases of the disease which sequestered the public on a lockdown in different parts of the country.
In a foretaste of works of the artists with journalists, the curator and founder, Alexis Galleries, Patty Chidiac Mastrogiannis explained, “Dodd Brown creates his painting from different subject matters, life experiences, past and present. He also engages the mind with his works on different levels, and stories on canvas using several media. He is considered more as a mixed media artist because of how he masterly weaves fabrics, newsprints and colour on canvas.”
"Dodd Brown has a forte for different media. For him the expo looks at the year with reference to Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, its consequences on people being locked indoors, denying them rights of movement and engaging in activities they are used to, which are no longer top in their programmes. He said, “My 11 works are fresh-to-the-market. It is spurred and produced during COVID 19 lockdown. One of them is titled ‘Tranquility.’ It has a subtheme ‘In Acadia we wait,’ meaning in silence we’re waiting to see the outcome of this pandemic, and what will happen after that.”
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