All images © Bisa Butler, shared with permission
Find more of his work on his website and Instagram.ĭetail of “If I Ruled The World, Imagine That #2” (2022), cotton, silk, wool, metallic brocade, and velvet, quilted and appliquéd, 102 x 51 inches. He has recently experimented with sculpture, producing steel forms of abstracted arches and steps.Īkpojotor is currently preparing work for a solo exhibition at Allouche Gallery in September. His compositions utilize skewed perspectives, contrast, and color to explore the dynamic relationship between internal and external human experiences, paralleling the interiors and exteriors of architectural spaces and the transformative ways we move between them. “The use of geometry and architectural elements highlight the influence of the built environment in shaping our memories, experiences, and identities in the world.”Īkpojotor draws on the art historical legacies of Cubist painters who devised a way of breaking up the picture plane into “cubes” or fragments to show multiple sides of an object or figure at the same time. “My surface becomes a playground where forms, colours, perspective, and space comes to play and interact,” he says in a statement. All images © Patrick Akpojotor, shared with permissionĬombining a love for African masks and the people and buildings of his hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, Patrick Akpojotor ( previously) merges the figurative details of faces, shoulders, and arms with the geometric forms of hallways, doors, and staircases. “The Gaze” (2021), acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches.
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