DISEYE TANTUA | On the road again Catalogue

from DISEYE TANTUA | On the road again

by Galería Out of Africa

ON THE ROAD AGAIN | DISEYE TANTUA

2 March – 7 April 2019 | Barcelona - Spain

Level pass level - 2019 |

Cool Kobo is better than Hot Naira - 2019 |

Who no go, no know - 2018 |

No take your reggae spoil my blues - 2018 |

I have a dream - 2018 | 9

No time 4 nonsense - 2018 | 10Biography | 12

DISEYE TANTUA | On the road again

Diseye Tantua is best known for his iconic style of "Afro Pop Art", combining graphic symbols, bold colours and expressive text. His drawings are based on traditional proverbs that have been popularized by billboards and bumper stickers on buses, taxis, tricycles and street signs. Tantua focuses on social groups in urban spaces, often depicting forms of transit and movement. His scenes are overlaid with popular local expressions that speak to the energy and dynamism of the city's inhabitants.

In Tantua's artwork we are presented with a carefully selected mix of classic, loaded one-liners; expressions of witticism, wisdom, warning, wailing, barbed street humour, quasi-spiritual invocations, veiled threats, political protest, social commentary and common sense. The sublime and absurd are masterfully hued and garnished in tones of colour. The charm of the paintings in this series is that on the surface and, on initial glance, they are simple, but they are also deceptive in that they are deeply anchored in creative strength!