MBIAKOTA (TOGETHERNESS)

Each of the crude, irregularly shaped tablets of clay cast in this assemblage display a certain kind of uniqueness and peculiarity. They all carry some found objects that are randomly arranged within their roughly textured surfaces, and no two tablets are exactly alike, whether in form of the arrangements of the items or their respective shapes. Yet when assembled together their uniformity becomes very obvious and defines their collective wholeness as a singular work of art. the entire assemblage measure at about 170cm x 170cm x 10cm in variable dimensions.

The artwork, Mbiakota, which is the Igbo translation for togetherness, exudes a type of optimism that eradicates every speculation of discrimination be it racial, religious, ethic, regional or tribal, and indirectly illuminates the fact that they are all psychological, transient and myopic ways of defining ourselves. Here the artist suggests that if we only look deeper we’ll find that common trait that unites us and reveals our oneness. The obvious differences are only peculiar characteristics that defines and celebrates our uniqueness rather than isolating them in any prejudicial ethos.