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Nengi Omuku, How It Ends, 2024

Nengi Omuku b. 1987

How It Ends, 2024
oil on sanyan
50 3/8 x 87 3/4 inches, overall
128 x 223 cm
39 3/4 x 66 7/8 inches, painting
101 x 170 cm
How It Ends (2024) presents a lone figure walking across a landscape of broken tiles and scattered debris. A vibrant, citric yellow emanates from his body, pulsating across the composition...
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How It Ends (2024) presents a lone figure walking across a landscape of broken tiles and scattered debris. A vibrant, citric yellow emanates from his body, pulsating across the composition and through additional figures who float in the background, watching as the scene unfolds. The painting responds to a recent controversy in Nigeria, where the government ordered the demolition of numerous occupied homes citing improper building permits in Lekki, a coastal city just outside of Lagos, in October 2023.
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