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Provenance : [Propriété non datée]
- The present lot is part of the
- Tagged series that Modupeola Fadugba created between 2015-2017 exploring her own relationship with the art world
- 'An artist's creation is an extension of themselves, thus their artworks mirror their inner workings, desires and fears
- In this series, I explore the idea of visibility, exclusivity, ownership and selling artwork as competing interests
- The decision to use the pool, as the context for play is very deliberate, as feelings about it differ vastly
- The pendulum swings from feelings of calm, luxury, and ease to fatigue, risk, and death
- Large bodies of water, like art, represent our internal capacity to be deeply moved by something
- When someone commits money to buy art, it is an indication, that they were moved by an aspect of the work.'
- Tagged is also a deeply personal reflection of Fadugba's own journey to becoming an artist
- Fadugba in fact holds a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering and a Maters in Economics from the University of Delaware and a Masters in Education from Harvard University
- Her work is constantly engaged with notions of identity and culture within Nigeria and in a global context
- Fadugba has also made waves with her career in the US with her exhibition
- Dream from the Deep End, exploring America's racialized swimming history
- The film documenting this series was screened at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, 2019 and at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York in September 2019
- Fadugba lives and works in Abuja, Nigeria and is currently in Washington DC as a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow
