Segun Kasali – Lagos
The Management body of photography artist Aize Muhammed Paul has collaborated with Alliance Francaise to exhibit the 99 image series for its fourth Imagery and Visual exhibition, RA Management NYC,
The announcement was made recently at the Mike Adenuga center in Lagos during a media parley.
Aize, disclosed that about 59 physical and VR images would be exhibited in the two-day private and public exhibition coming up later in March.
Tagged ‘Eren Oghe Okhaza – Ekp Oghe ule Obaba’ (a safe place to find a purpose for your story), Aize describes the purpose of the exhibition as a means to create a sustainable channel for the artist and the market.
He said; “To put the art out there, it’s about the art for me. The idea for my art is to create a sustainable channel for both artist and the market as well. So, the idea is going across Africa, shooting black people and interpreting it into art and getting to sell it to people and giving part of the funds back to them.”
Following the successful debut of his solo photography exhibition called “Frozen choices, Sacred Space” in 2020, Aize describes his journey thus far “I shot my first series during the lockdown and it’s been a glide ever since. Although I already experimented with fashion photography but capturing humans for humanity is certainly one of my life purposes, and having art pioneers such as Nicholas Lonsdale, Caroline De Beaufort, Katie Barker and few others approve of my works, which brought a different sense of purpose to my journey as a photography artist”.
He highlighted the inspiration for this exhibition and what he aims to achieve: “The pre-shows for me is exhibiting means to connect by creating a space solely for a spiritual, Tech and Art experience. I want everyone fortunate to be present at the pre-shows to leave with the notion of SELF”.
Speaking on their collaboration, the marketing manager, Allaince Francaise, Precious Naador said “we are very keen on promoting art. Alliance is an institution for art and culture, every year we usually have an open call where we call for projects and this project was very intriguing.
“For us, we are providing the space, we are collaborating technically for communication and anything that will make the exhibition an accomplished project. We like collaborating with standout projects because it fits our brand and is appealing to the community.”
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