{"id":10871,"date":"2024-10-14T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=10871"},"modified":"2024-10-09T08:19:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:19:01","slug":"nengi-omuku-at-kasmin-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/14\/nengi-omuku-at-kasmin-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nengi Omuku at Kasmin Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pretty, peachy-pink tones pervade Nigerian artist Nengi Omuku\u2019s paintings on Yoruban sanyan fabric to otherworldly and calming effect in her first New York solo show at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kasmingallery.com\/exhibitions\/392-nengi-omuku-wild-things-and-perennials\/\">Kasmin Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0 But while several works feature scenes of respite in a garden or enjoyment of community, others hint at troubled political times in Nigeria.\u00a0 Here in \u2018Orange Bougainvillea,\u2019 Omuku surrounds faintly visible individuals with flowers as if to engulf them in the beauty of the landscape. \u00a0(On view in Chelsea through Oct 19<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 3308px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/8edb7850-be69-dff8-49f1-76eee84ee4ab.jpg\" width=\"3308\" height=\"2841\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nengi Omuku, Orange Bougainvillea, oil on sanyan, 86 5\/8 x 87 3\/8 inches, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pretty, peachy-pink tones pervade Nigerian artist Nengi Omuku\u2019s paintings on Yoruban sanyan fabric to otherworldly and calming effect in her first New York solo show at Kasmin Gallery.\u00a0 But while several works feature scenes of respite in a garden or enjoyment of community, others hint at troubled political times in Nigeria.\u00a0 Here in \u2018Orange Bougainvillea,\u2019 &hellip; 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