Gbenga Orimoloye - Exhibitions & Recent Work

Ona - Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings

2012-02-09T16:37:00.000-08:00

'Ona' is the title of my upcoming solo-exhibition of paintings and drawings to be held at Terra Culture in Lagos Nigeria, from May 26 2012. Please click here to view the body of work

'Ona' (in Yoruba) means 'road' or 'way'. Life on earth can be metaphorically referred to as a journey. Just like journeys have a beginning and an end so does earthly life.
Roads daily facilitate our journey. Often this happens so naturally that we do not even think about them. Yet a road is a very significant reality and inevitability in our daily deliberations. Some roads are paved and wide, others are dusty and rough, yet others are very narrow.
Each will ultimately lead you to a destination. Ultimately the road or your use of it will come to an end.
This mirrors the reality of life and the fact that we are all on a part of the road or the other as we carry on in our time.
Ona, attempts to draw attention to this reality, by looking at roads or compositions that feature them, both representationally and metaphorically.

In this body or work, you will encounter wide roads, unpaved roads, flooded roads and even pit stops beside the road.
Each is a representation of where we are or can be at any given moment in time and each serves as a reminder that we will ultimately get to a destination.

Incidentally a wide and paved or desirable looking road can lead us where we do not want to be while a dusty and rough one can cause us to end up where we are ecstatic.

In many instances we may not have a choice what type of road we end up using but we have a choice of destination.

The journey begins on the inside and the road is actually in our heart. We will get to crossroads, give way to traffic, overtake and be overtaken. We may sometimes even reverse along the road.

What type of road are we on? What is our destination? How do we travel?
Let us be on our journey with a renewed sense of purpose.

Ona is the title of my upcoming solo-exhibition of paintings and drawings to be held at Terra Culture in Lagos Nigeria, from May 26 2012.

Ona - Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings

2012-02-08T14:48:00.000-08:00

"Ona"(in Yoruba) means "road" or "way". Life on earth can be metaphorically refered to as as a journey.
Just like journeys have a beginning and an end so does earthly life.

Roads daily facilitate our journey. Often this happens so naturally that we do not even think about them. Yet a road is a very significant reality and inevitability in our daily deliberations. Some roads are paved and wide, others are dusty and rough, yet others are very narrow.
Each will ultimately lead you to a destination. Ultimately the road or your use of it will come to an end.
This mirrors the reality of life and the fact that we are all on a part of the road or the other as we carry on in our time.
Ona, attempts to draw attention to this reality by looking at roads and compositions that feature them, both representationally and metaphorically.

Ona is the title of my upcoming solo-exhibition of paintings and drawings to be held at Terra Culture in Lagos Nigeria, from May 26 2012. - You may click on an image for larger version:

Ona - near Ogunlana Drive, 2011 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm.

Pit stop, 2011 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Aje a wa o, 2012 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Awon meji lori ona, 2012 - Oil on board. 81 x 62cm

Girl reading, 2011 - Oil on board. 81 x 62cm

Ona (1) , 2011 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Eti okun, 2012 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Ona (2), 2012 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

McNeil Road Yaba, 2012 - Oil on board. 81 x 62cm

Onigele pupa, 2012 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Onidiri meta, 2012 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Road in Old Yaba, 2011 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Ona (3), 2012 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Onigele, 2012 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Figure studies in oil (3), 2012 - Oil on board. 81 x 62cm

Figure studies in oil (4), 2012 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Figure studies in oil (2), 2011 - Oil on board. 81 x 62cm

Groundnut seller, 2012 - Oil on board. 61 x 36cm

On the road, 2012 - Oil on board. 61 x 36cm

Olororo, 2012 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

African women (2), 2012 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Figure studies in oil (1), 2011 - Oil on board. 81 x 62cm

Meeting, 2011 - Oil on board. 81 x 62cm

The road, 2011 - Watercolour. 73 x 52cm

African women, 2011 - Oil on board. 123 x 81cm

Iwa - Ensemble of an Exhibition of Paintings by Gbenga Orimoloye. July 2nd 2011

2011-02-11T13:05:00.000-08:00

'Iwa' (in Yoruba) means 'character'. It refers to a person's character, behavioural tendencies or ways.
Iwa is the title of my upcoming solo-exhibition of paintings to be held at Nike Gallery in Lagos Nigeria, from July 2nd 2011. - You may click on an image for larger version:

Feelings of the dance. 2011 - Oil on board. 123 x 81 cm

After the morning showers. 2011 - Oil on board. 123 x 81 cm

Elo ni tatase. 2011 - Oil on board. 123 x 81 cm

Iwalewa - series. 2011 - Oil on board. 123 x 81 cm

At home (1). 2011 - Oil on board. 62 x 40 cm.

Canoes on the creek (1). 2011 – Oil on board. 123 x 81 cm.

At home (2). 2011 - Oil on board. 62 x 40 cm.

Canoes on the creek (2). 2011 – Oil on board. 123 x 73 cm.

Elaborately tied green gele. 2011 - Oil on board. 98 x 61 cm.

Elegantly dressed. 2007 – Oil on board. 82 x 63 cm.

Eleru. 2010 – Gouache. 55 x 44 cm.

Evening pour. 2000 – Oil on board. 123 x 61 cm.

Market composition. 2011 – Oil on board. 86 x 61 cm.

Girl in green. 2011 – Oil on board. 61 x 40 cm.

Figure in oil. 2011 - Oil on board. 61 x 37 cm.

Figure in wash (4). 2011 – Watercolour. 73 x 52cm.

Figure in wash (3). 2011 – Watercolour. 73 x 52cm.

Figure in wash (2). 2011 – Watercolour. 73 x 52cm.

Figure in wash (1). 2011 – Watercolour. 73 x 52cm.

Girl in red beads (1). 2010 – Watercolour. 53 x 35 cm.

Girl in red beads (2). 2010 – Watercolour. 53 x 35 cm.

Girl in yellow gele (Iwalewa genre). 2011 - Oil on board. 100 x 61 cm.

Girl, mother and umbrella. 2011. Oil on board. 123 x 61 cm.

Egbon ati aburo. 2011 - Oil on board. 83 x 62 cm.

Lagoon ‘estate’. 2011 – Oil on board. 123 x 81 cm.

Inspecting the day’s catch. 2010 - Oil on board. 85 x 62 cm.

Onidiri on a rustic doorstep. 2010 - Oil on board. 123 x 50 cm.

Iwalewa (2). 2010 – Watercolour. 53 x 35 cm.

Omo danfo. 2010 – Oil on board. 69 x 62 cm.

Red composition (1). 2011 – Oil on board. 63 x 40 cm.

Roofscape. 2010 – Oil on board. 62 x 38 cm.

Stepping out. 2011 – Oil on board. 88 x 61 cm.

Men standing on the logs. 2010 – Oil on canvas. 56 x 40 cm.

Study of a face (1). 2010 – Watercolour. 53 x 35 cm.

Two men in a canoe. 2010 – Oil on canvas. 41 x 30 cm.

Umbrella feelings. 2010 – Oil on canvas. 41 x 30 cm.

Iwalewa (1). 2010 – Oil on board. 86 x 61 cm.

Study of a face (2). 2010 – Watercolour. 53 x 35 cm.

Umbrella day. 2005 - Watercolour. 73 x 52cm.

Ilaje waterfront. 2005 - Watercolour. 73 x 52cm.

Generational dignity. 2005 – Watercolour. 73 x 52 cm.

Landscape in texture (1). 2007 – Oil on board. 82 x 63 cm

Beach. 2007 – Oil on board. 82 x 63 cm

Untitled. 2005 – Watercolour, gouache and graphite. 73 x 52cm.

They live on the lagoon. 2003 - Oil on board. 123 x 92 cm.

Brown and blue gele. 2005 – Oil on board. 123 x 92 cm

Funwon tan. 2005 - Watercolour. 54 x 35 cm.

Street in Ilaje. 2005 – Watercolour. 73 x 52cm.

Market in blue. 2005 - Oil on board. 123 x 92 cm.

African women. 2002 - Oil on board. 61 x 29 cm