“People often only see masquerades as fetish and having purely performative functions. But I have used the concept of the traditional masquerade as a visual motif to remind us of how problems within our ancient traditional culture were settled amicably.” – Mike Omoighe
“I feel so free doing Splash Paintings which is Abstract Expressionism. I start with the splashes of paint and then I sketch around the splashes – colours speak to me and often change the topic.” – Gbenga Offo
“What I can offer is to provide a brief glimpse of this immense world for others: like a vast landscape at night, lit for a fraction of a second by lightning. Art can succeed–even if only for brief moments– in making people intensely themselves.” – Susanne Wenger “Sometimes we need a stranger to […]
