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Tête À Tête
David Olatoye and Cherry Aribisala , 25 May - 10 June 2023

Tête À Tête: David Olatoye and Cherry Aribisala

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Tête À Tête, David Olatoye and Cherry Aribisala

Pi Artworks London is delighted to present Tête-À-Tête, a duo exhibition featuring the works of emerging Nigerian contemporary painters Cherry Aribisala, (UK) and David Olatoye, (Nigeria).

Co-curated by Kayode Adegbola and Jade Turanli, this exhibition triggers a dialogue between two artists whose practices transcend the realm of portraiture and point towards the future of contemporary African art. Coinciding with London Gallery Weekend, this show aims to champion the distinct pictorial style and influences of these  two emerging artists.

 

Cherry Aribisala draws inspiration from comic books and the Pop Art Movement of the 1960s to create figurative portraits of Black subjects surrounded by recurring floral motifs. Her new series of paintings interweaves escapism, world-building, and visual storytelling while rejecting artistic limitations on media or form. David Olatoye, on the other hand, is best known for his meticulously executed stylised portraits that merge figuration and interior design. His works blend idealism and accentuates intimate moments with a focus on familial relationships, everyday life activities, and daydreaming. His new body of work can be interpreted as an ode to self—interrogating the uncertainty of life while honouring self-care. He illustrates a personal visual journey through oblique perspectives and experiments with pictorial space to conceal our surface understanding of what we are seeing.

 

Tête-À-Tête demonstrates the power of creativity as an emotional outlet and acts as call to find new ways to activate self-liberation despite the confines and growing precarity of contemporary life. Join us on Saturday 3rd June to dance the night away with a special celebratory event at the gallery, Face the Night, to celebrate the importance of this exhibition during London Gallery Weekend and the end of a great gallery season, more details to be announced.

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  • FACE THE NIGHT

    FACE THE NIGHT

    A celebration of London Gallery Weekend and our own 10 Year Anniversary 3 Jun 2023
    Join us on Saturday 3rd of June to dance the night away, surrounded by our current exhibition Tête-À-Tête. To celebrate 10 years of Pi Artworks London, the end of a great gallery season, and London Gallery Weekend, this is not a soiré to miss! Ft. Music from DJ Babs. RSVP via the link above, or by emailing london@piartworks.com
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