‘Rele & Samsung launch private opening of exhibition, interactions: 'Crossing Lines’

Lagos’s new destination of modern and contemporary art, Rele Gallery in collaboration with Samsung Electronics West Africa, recently launched its most impressive exhibition yet. The exhibition titled: ‘Interactions: Crossing Lines’ featured visual artistry’s powerful duo: Soji Adesina and Uthman Wahaab. 

The body of work by Wahaab and Adesina deconstructed the concept of how drawings can interact with the gallery space. The drawings were in rhythm and movement, travelling seamlessly from the drawing surface of canvas and paper, to the walls of the gallery and finally into digital spacesvia Samsung tablet devices. Samsung has in the past shown itself committed to creative disruptions, that changes the way we think, engage the world around us. It is the first tech company in Nigeria to collaborate with art on such a scale. 

The exhibition as a whole was an immediate conversation starter for all the guests in attendance- Lagos’s art cognoscenti, collectors, auctioneers, critics, artists, enthusiasts – and most importantly for Rele and Samsung, those who were encountering art on such a scale for the first time. Rele’s mission is to trigger a newfound appreciation for the arts and Samsung’s mobile technology has proven to be a timely enabler of this cause. 

The exhibition was launched in line with an art competition, #TechMeetsArtNG, details of which can be found on www.techmeetsart.ng. Submission deadline for the art contest has been extended till 21st of September, 2015 whilst the exhibition will be open to the public till 27th of September 2015. Prospective participants for the competition can definitely draw inspiration from the artwork of Wahaab and Adesina. 

To see the exhibition for yourself visit Rele Gallery, 5 Military Street, Onikan Lagos which is open Tuesdays to Sundays.