Peter Uka
Frieze

Frieze, July 16, 2024

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.