215 | 610 Contemporary: Juried Exhibition of Regional Emerging Artists
Lecture by Odili Donald Odita • Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Join us for the opening reception and lecture on Wednesday, December 6. Meet the juror and artists included in the 215|610 Contemporary Exhibition and experience a lecture by this year's juror Odili Donald Odita.
Lecture at 4 p.m. featuring juror Odili Donald Odita
FREE | Large Auditorium | Marple Campus
Reservations for the lecture are strongly recommended
Reception at 5–7 p.m. Immediately following the lecture
Art Gallery | Room 2305
Refreshments will be served
About the Juror:
Odili Donald Odita is an abstract painter whose work explores color both in the figurative historical context and in the sociopolitical sense. Odita has said, “Color in itself has the possibility of mirroring the complexity of the world as much as it has the potential for being distinct. The organization and patterning in the paintings are of my own design. I continue to explore in the paintings a metaphoric ability to address the human condition through pattern, structure and design, as well as for its possibility to trigger memory. The colors I use are personal: they reflect the collection of visions from my travels locally and globally. This is also one of the hardest aspects of my work as I try to derive the colors intuitively, hand-mixing and coordinating them along the way. In my process, I cannot make a color twice – it can only appear to be the same. This aspect is important to me as it highlights the specificity of differences that exist in the world of people and things.” Odita goes on to express his desire to speak positively about Africa and its rich culture through his work.