OVERVIEW

The Countervail Art Gallery in collaboration with VOMNETWORK is pleased to present “No Up, No Down, No Side to Side” by Ebuka Pascal Agudiegwu, as the gallery’s inaugural exhibition.
In what is Agudiegwu’s first solo exhibition, he paints and by extension, he dreams as “a response to life: a personal prism”. “No Up, No Down, No Side to Side” is an articulation of Ebuka Pascal Agudiegwu’s lifelong experience with imagination and intuitive creativity.

The artist likens the plasticity of his thought and imagination to the transitional nature of the sky: constantly embodying different shapes and forms. Featuring paintings made on canvas with acrylic and oil pastel, Agudiegwu depicts scenes in vibrant hues and vivid imagery, introducing us to his protagonists. The figures exude ranges of emotions and being, surrounded by foliage, differing countenances and forms, interspersed within a symphony of colors. They are caught mid activity, a stilling of time, a testament to the diversity of the human condition.

Within the last three years, Agudiegwu’s work has been shown mostly outside the city of Abuja, where he lives and works. He sees this solo exhibition as an opportunity to connect to the Abuja art community. His work has been collected and featured in group exhibitions outside Nigeria. The exhibition is supported by Flenjor and Signfield.
The exhibition opens on the 9th of December, through to the 16th of December, 2023 at VOMNETWORK, 3rd floor, Silverbird Galleria, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria.