June 1 – June 29, 2023
The playful color contrasts and strong compositional elements in works on view reinforce a sense of visual harmony.
Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu at VillageOneArt presented a solo show of new works by the artist that offered exciting avenues of exploration in contemporary painting. These compositions adopt a variety of materials and processes combined in this body of work exploring themes ranging from architecture to gaming, media to engineering, through the lens of the African diaspora. Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu builds powerful abstracted compositions by emphasizing bold hues and contrasting tones across the picture plane, utilizing a combination of curvilinear forms and geometric abstraction to entice the viewer. This show offered the viewer mysterious yet intriguing juxtapositions in these compositions, approximating geometric structures defining material spaces, as occurs with architecture, and ethereal, subtle nuances in tone referencing non-material spaces, like those found in the world of gaming. The playful color contrasts and strong compositional elements in works on view reinforce a sense of visual harmony.
In Odd Straw, the artist offers a simplified scene with a title that hints at a still life composition. The colors are Fauvist in approach: bold, bright tones presented against a subtler background of earth tones grounding the volume of space. Through the artist’s direct approach to line and color, the viewer can slowly take the whole of the artwork in and recognize careful details. As the artist noted, studies in architecture have allowed Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu to “…take a deeper dive into moments of the work and tell of my understanding of elements in the work and what makes them tick.”
This solo show occurred at the intersection of the artist’s technical prowess and a deep, abiding vision of subject matter, presented in a cohesive and thoughtful suite of works on view at VillageOneArt through June 29, 2023.
Works in the Exhibition
Tactical Potato was on view at VillageOneArt, 150 West 25th Street, Suite 403, New York, from June 1 to June 29, 2023. For inquiries regarding available works by Chukwuemeka Anthony Chukwu, please contact info@villageoneart.com.