2022 Visiting Fellow Festus Alagbe featured in the Art Summit!
Art Summit sat down with Festus Alagbe as he uncovers the meaning of his Unmasked Identities.
When it came about his creative process he states: “Well, as a surreal artist from Africa, I paint to strike a balance between realism and fantasy, the product of imagination. Recently I have been working on a series of paintings that talks about identity. I believe that facial expressions are subject to the situation of the society. “We wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,” says a poem titled “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar. So, talking about my work, it takes a lot of processes to execute a painting. I try to think and read before engaging into a creative process. Have a mini sketch of ideas to translate into paintings, preparation of canvases, color selection, color application and all.”
