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Adjani Okpu-Egbe

Key details

Time

  • 3pm

Location

  • Kensington
  • Lecture Theatre 1, Frayling Building

Price

  • Free

Who could attend

  • Everyone

Type

  • Lecture

Round table discussion regarding Adjani Okpu-Egbe’s work from 2008 to the present, co-hosted by The Bronx Museum, New York.

Cameroonian-British artist Adjani Okpu-Egbe is an MA Contemporary Art Practice student at RCA. This inaugural recipient of the Ritzau Art Prize presented his first U.S. solo exhibition, “On Delegitimisation and Solidarity…” at ISCP, which Hyperallergic named among the 10 best exhibitions in New York City of 2021. His work is known for its expressive, stylized, semi-figurative language with autobiographical content and unpredictable materials. With symbolism like fish, lemon vines, and fantastical beasts that he refers to as "manimals", the artist's condemnation of oppression and celebration of freedom is clear and far-reaching.

The speakers are each contributing an essay to Okpu-Egbe’s monograph, which will detail his artistic practice from 2008 to the present day. This roundtable event provides a forum for the contributors and artist to meet and discuss his work, thereby helping to shape and usher forth the publication.

Moderator

Amy Rosenblum-Martín

Respondent

Adjani Okpu–Egbe 

Speakers

Keyna Eleison

Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood

Eileen Jeng Lynch

Khanyisile Mbongwa

Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung

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