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Marrakech 2020

  • 1-54 Forum 2020
  • 1-54 Public Programme
  • Exhibitors 2020

Ogunbanwo, LakinWHATIFTHEWORLD

Born 1987 in Lagos, Nigeria
Lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria

Lakin Ogunbanwo, Untitled III, 2019
, Archival ink-jet print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag
, Edition of 10 + 2 AP, Ed 1 - 5: 150 x 100 cm , Ed 6 - 10: 130 x 90 cm
. Courtesy WHATIFTHEWORLD  

Working at the confluence of fashion photography and classical portraiture, young Nigerian photographer Lakin Ogunbanwo creates enigmatic portraits with an erotic and subversive undertone. His subjects exist defiantly in the frame often masked by shadow, drapery and foliage. His use of vibrant flat colour and bold compositions form a more minimalist homage to the African studio photography popular in the 1960s and ‘70s.

Ogunbanwo’s work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue Italia, ID online, British GQ and Riposte Magazine, amongst others. His solo exhibitions include e wá wo mi (2019), We Must Not Be Looking (2017) and Are We Good Enough (2015) at WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town. Recently, he has also shown a selection of his works at the Niki Cryan Gallery in Lagos. He has attended the MMCA Residency programmed by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul. He was also commissioned to show in the window displays of Galeries Lafayette, Paris in the Africa Now exhibition (2017). His work forms part of the public collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia and the Wedge Collection, Toronto.

Selected Artists

van Hove, Eric

Akoto, Kwame

Makaza, Troy

Ogunbanwo, Lakin

Khattari, Majida

Aboudia

Nabil, Youssef

Glover, Ablade

Artists 2020

  • A

    • Abdel Nabi, Dina
    • Abdelrasoul, Soad
    • Aboudia
    • AbouKila, Hakeem
    • Adewale, Alimi
    • Agueznay, Amina
    • Akoto, Kwame
    • Amine, Leslie
    • Andrianomearisoa, Joël
    • ARTSIMOUS
    • Aziz El Idrissi, Soukaïna
  • B

    • Baala, Mohamed
    • Barreto, Nú
    • Be, Alun
    • Belmaachi, Ghany
    • Ben Lahcen, Morran
    • Bénitah, Carolle
    • Benohoud, Hicham
    • Binebine, Mahi
    • Bleda, Elsa
    • Bodo, Amani
    • Bouhchichi, M’Barek
  • C

    • Choumali, Joana
  • D

    • Dailleux, Denis
  • E

    • El baz, Mohamed
    • El Makhloufi, Nabil
    • El Siwi, Adel
    • ElMestikawy, Hazem
  • F

    • Fakher, Doaa
    • fatmi, mounir
    • Fofana, Aboubakar
  • G

    • Gabr, Omar
    • Glover, Ablade
    • Gyasi, Prince
  • H

    • Hajjaj, Hassan
  • I

    • Imloul, Sara and Lefebvre, Nicolas
  • K

    • Keïta, Seydou
    • Kganye, Lebohang
    • Khalil, Sayeda
    • Khanyile, Phumzile
    • Khattari, Majida
    • Konaté, Abdoulaye
  • L

    • Lekleti, Mohamed
  • M

    • Makaza, Troy
    • Maludi, Houston
    • Mann, Alice
    • Mannana, Hassan
    • Massamba, Gastineau
    • Mazmouz, Fatima
    • Michéa, Vincent
    • Mika, JP
    • Miracle, Marcel
    • Monteiro, Fabrice
  • N

    • Nabil, Youssef
    • Nasr, Moataz
    • Nkot, Jean David
  • O

    • Obanubi, Joseph
    • Odedina, Abe
    • Ogunbanwo, Lakin
    • Oukpedjo, Sadikou
  • P

    • Petersen, Thania
  • S

    • Sahli, Ghizlane
    • Salim, Hussein
    • Serrano, Andres
  • T

    • Terjuman, Houda
    • Thomas, Mickalene
  • V

    • van Hove, Eric
  • W

    • Watts, Ouattara
  • Y

    • Yao, Yagor
  • Z

    • Zemmouri, Fatiha
    • Zoubir, Amina

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