Alan Avery Art Company

In conjunction with Atlanta Art Week and the Atlanta Art Fair, ALAN AVERY ART COMPANY is honored to present the Southeastern premiere of Transcultural Gaze, a new exhibition by Wole Lagunju, one of Nigeria's most prominent contemporary artists and among the fastest-rising names in American contemporary art, widely collected by private collectors and public institutions...

Come hear Wole Lagunju share on his practice at Alan Avery Art Company. “My paintings juxtapose Yoruba Gelede masks with classical Western imagery to explore race, femininity, and womanhood, while offering a contemporary redefinition of traditional Yoruba art. Gelede is a male dance through which men celebrate women’s physical attributes, sacred powers, and motherhood. By...