Paper Lace Adgbada and Oja

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Paper-lace Agbada

2014

Medium: Newspaper, Acylic and ink

365.8×152.4cm

 

Ofong

2014

Medium:Swiss Magazine and Newspapers

77x39x30cm

 

Oja

2014

Swiss laces, Second-hand clothes, Piano, sound from Lagos market

Variable dimension

During my residency at Villa Strauli, WInthethur, Switzerland. I visited factories in Lustenau, Austria and St.Gallen, Switzerland where laces (embroidered textiles) are produced for the Nigerian market. Engaging the collections of these factories was the point of departure for these body of work produced during my 3 months sojourn in Switzerland.