Kadara Enyeasi
Glad to be Unhappy
March 22, 2018
With Glad to be Unhappy Kadara creates line drawings along the hallways of The Treehouse along with works on paper which are installed on the large balcony windows. Working from an album of family photographs he depicts black and white scenes of couples which speak about his parents' relationship.
Kadara Enyeasi's work is influenced by a deep understanding of form, space and perspective, in part arising from his background and training as an architect. His early influences stretch from the high concept layered order of the ‘five points’ postulated by Le Corbusier to the classic avant-garde portraitures of the early West African photographers. Driven by a narrative, his eye, through the camera always see something that wills the audience in; the images seem to riff with the shadows of a serene everyday sexual provocation.
In 2016, he was a finalist in the National Art Competition, and was recently featured on Nataal's 'Ones to Watch 2017' list. Kadara is a Junior Curator at the African Artists’ Foundation in Lagos where he works with the team to facilitate exchange and build partnerships between local and international visual artists. His work has appeared in several publications at home and abroad including 2016 BozarBooks/Snoeck: Dey Your Lane! Lagos Variations, 2016; Indiana University Press: Transition ‘On Fear’ 05/123, 2017; and MoonMan Studios: Edition E, 2018. Kadara is the director of the multidisciplinary fine art studio, STUDIO ENYEASI and is represented by A Whitespace Creative Agency, Lagos.
