Rele Lagos is pleased to present Afterimages, a group exhibition of works from Kitso Lynn Lelliot, Ofem Ubi, Uche Uzorka, Maina Boniface, Ugo Ahiakwo and Ethel Tawe. The exhibition brings together these artists working across diverse disciplines in investigating the aftermath of the event.
Uche Uzorka, Past, Present, Continuous: The Organism, 2023. Pen and ink on paper, 30 x 22 in. Courtesy of the artist and Rele Gallery.
The nature of an event – despite being subject to diverse definitions – connotes a state in which something happens or continues to happen. As noted by Badiou, the event prompts a creation of possibilities, descending from or in response to the primary source. Increasingly populated by objects, bodies, and minds, the tangible and abstract spheres of our world serve as a stage for the playing out of performances and reactions. If we imagine the span of a life/lives as a series of occurrences experienced passively or actively by body, space and object, how does the unfolding of an event influence future responses and realities?
The exhibition ‘Afterimages’ aims to bring together artists working across diverse disciplines in investigating the aftermath of the event. The ‘afterimage’ is defined as an image that continues to appear in the eyes after a period of exposure to the original image. Its creation is predicated on an experience and perception of form. In this exhibition, the afterimage is considered a remnant of and unfolding response to an occurrence. From transformative moments of change whose impact are felt collectively, to more marginal, everyday actions/inactions, the exhibition presents artists, Kitso Lynn Lelliot, Ofem Ubi, Uche Uzorka, Maina Boniface, Ugo Ahiakwo and Ethel Tawe, in dialogue with traces of memory and the many ways events of the distant and barely concluded past continue to haunt and shape the present.
The exhibition will be on view from the 21st of May until the 13th of June, 2023. For more information, please visit Rele Gallery.
