Be gentle with me | 2024, Enamelled Copper Plate, 7.5 x 5cm
Chronicles of Respite, 2024
Metal-work, Poetry, Print, Textile
Materials: Enamel powder, copper metal plates, paraffin wax, fabric dye, canvas, fabric, ink & polyester
Metal-work: Passages| 2024
Poetry: Slow down | Se jéjé | 2023, Choosing Self | 2023, Reckonings of Joy | 2024
Textile: Erekere | 2024
Chronicles of Respite positions rest and self-preservation as priorities in life, where joy, playfulness and self-encouragement are reflected as important within resting and being.
Photograph by David Rowan
Passages | 2024, Metal work, Enamelled Copper Plates, 58.6 x 35.6cm, (20 parts, each 7.5 x 5cm)
Waka Waka, Chaos, Home, Joko, Flow, Aláfíà | Peace, Self-reflection, Be gentle with me, Oneness, Life storms, Stuck, Trickles of money, Navigating, Farabale, Isinmi | Peace, Calm fire, Balance, Joy, Possibilities, Sleep.
Joy | 2024, Enamelled Copper Plate, 7.5 x 5cm
Photograph by David Rowan
Farabale | 2024, Enamelled Copper Plate, 7.5 x 5cm
Photograph by David Rowan
Slow down | Se jéjé (2023), Poetry, Choosing Self (2023), Slow down | Se jéjé (2023), Reckonings of Joy (2024)
Poetry, Sublimation Prints on Polyester fabric
(96 x 66.5cm each)
Photograph by David Rowan
Photograph by David Rowan
Erekere | 2024, Metal work, Enamelled Copper Plates, 58.6 x 35.6cm, (20 parts, each 7.5 x 5cm)
Photograph by David Rowan
Joko | 2024, Enamelled Copper Plate, 7.5 x 5cm
Oneness | 2024, Enamelled Copper Plate, 7.5 x 5cm
Chronicles of Respite was created between Olumide's Birmingham Studio and STEAMhouse Birmingham Production Space facilities 'Metal-work and Print' workshops, initiated by her exploration of STEAMhouse's sponsored Studio Maker Program in February 2024.
Chronicles of Respite was commissioned by Multistory (a Black Country-based Community Arts Organisation) in curatorial partnership with The New Art Gallery Walsall for the group exhibition project Communion alongside Artists Jamal Lloyd Davis and Leah Hickey.
Communion was initiated by Multistory's Assembly (annual exhibition program) and artist development programme Blast Creative Network (BCN), which supports emerging artists based in the Black Country region of England.
Communion is currently being displayed at The New Art Gallery Walsall between August 8th and November 17th 2024, with an Artist talk on November 9th 2024.
Learn more
https://www.tomilolaolumideart.com/chronicles-of-respite-2024
Multistory: https://multistory.org.uk/programme/bcn-assembly/
The New Gallery Walsall: https://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/exhibition/communion
Exhibition Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AJbDpljxCNJWBxybV3ouPeZz1K8byFKw/view
Special thanks to Multistory, The New Art Gallery Walsall, STEAMhouse, Jessica Piette, Rene Francis-McBrearty, Deborah Robinson, Gregg Dunn and Kevin Storrar for their support through this project.
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