NIGERIA Olu Amoda Ball Costume 2008 Welded steel and keys. 18 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 9 in. (47 x 29.8 x 22.9 cm).
Provenance Collection of the artist Exhibited New York, Skoto Gallery, Template, December 17, 2009 - February 20, 2010. Catalogue Essay Nails are used in my work as a metaphor. They have survived generations and remain one of the most ideal and enduring pieces of engineering. Nails depend on the notion of shared responsibilities, like ants. Small but lethal, a nail is able to defend itself, but yields to the will of the craftsman. What we call little things are merely the causes of great things: they are the beginning, the embryo and the point of departure, which generally speaking, decides the whole future of existence. Read More
NIGERIA Olu Amoda Ball Costume 2008 Welded steel and keys. 18 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 9 in. (47 x 29.8 x 22.9 cm).
Provenance Collection of the artist Exhibited New York, Skoto Gallery, Template, December 17, 2009 - February 20, 2010. Catalogue Essay Nails are used in my work as a metaphor. They have survived generations and remain one of the most ideal and enduring pieces of engineering. Nails depend on the notion of shared responsibilities, like ants. Small but lethal, a nail is able to defend itself, but yields to the will of the craftsman. What we call little things are merely the causes of great things: they are the beginning, the embryo and the point of departure, which generally speaking, decides the whole future of existence. Read More
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