EmekaCkA Interviewed by Vanguard
Nov 3rd, 2022
By Prisca Sam-Duru
Vanguard Newspapers interviewed VillageOneArt collaborative artist EmekaCkA to discuss the inspiration and creation of his abstract artworks.
Vanguard: You said earlier that you begin a new artwork without focusing on what it’ll be in the end, I’m thinking; does it mean you do not have a particular message or concept in mind before starting the work?
EmekaCkA: I have collective ideas in mind I want to execute before starting new work, since what I’m essentially trying to do with this new line of work is to introduce the viewer into whole new spaces. I’m essentially generating new spaces with each new painting; I could start by fleshing out the atmosphere of said space by special mixes of colour and fluidly build it up for endless hours and encapsulate that time for the viewer…
Abstract art and the artists that gain success from it have the tendency to be associated with white mediocrity, lacking interesting concepts and backed by surface level ideologies. Lots of paint splatter in a studio space but not much thought, structure or substance. I try to put myself in those spaces of attention as the opposite. An Igbo, African and Black artist bringing substance to a field dominated by those that look nothing like me.
EmekaCkA artworks presented by VillageoneArt.
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