...with Dennis Osadebe

In this new episode of WAS MIT KUNST, Johann König speaks with the artist Dennis Osadebe about how he earned a BSc in Business Management from Queen Mary University, London, and an MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the University of Warwick, Coventry, originally pursuing a career in business before embarking on his journey as a self-taught artist. Osadebe is recognized for his post-pop style, which is centered around the idea of reimagining his heritage through positive, provocative, and progressive imagery and narratives. His practice utilises a personal iconography that explores ancestry, technology, and the possibilities of humanity. For his first solo show in Berlin, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PRAY? The Lagos-based artist has developed a unique pictorial language comprises of six new paintings, two stained glass works, and one sculpture; populated with figures that don masks, which routinely stare out at the viewer. In WAS MIT KUNST, Dennis Osadebe talks about the concept behind his new body of works and what brought him to put belief systems, religion and the nature of prayer under a new light.