Peter Uka, Transit Point, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim
Artist-to-Artist: Peter Uka Selected by Hurvin Anderson
Hurvin Anderson, who selected Uka for Frieze London Artist-to-Artist 2024, explained his choice:
‘When I first encountered Peter’s work I enjoyed being immersed in his depictions of Nigerian life. I find his storytelling is so powerful and the palette is deep and rich. I respect his devotion to colour and that he is free with it, never holding back. His work has a forthright confidence in centring the Black figure while the figures themselves are self-possessed, have swagger, even. I like the reclamation in this. The paintings are evocatively stylised snapshots of memory and reverberate with joy.’
Excerpted words written by Frieze.
