AKINGBADE ADENIYI
From a young age, Akingbade has been passionate about art. He has always enjoyed sculpture, painting, drawing, and other forms of visual art. Dyslexia made him a slow learner and considered one of the worst in his class, but when he entered art school, he became a benchmark, always being one of the best students. He brought the experience with the difficulty of reading and writing to his art through the patience in elaborating the details of his works.
@AKINGBADE_ADENIYI
2023
Dyslexic thinking
The work establishes tensions between two brains and a book. The question posed lies in the dimension of thinking versus that of reading, an activity that is difficult for dyslexics and places them outside traditional educational standards. The central issue is to discuss how different abilities, which transcend printed culture, are generally not absorbed by society. Seeing the mind as greater than a publication in the mold to which the system is accustomed encourages a different perspective on those who deviate from expected and traditionally considered standards.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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SCULPTURE
2024
REASONING
The metaphor of the tree is essential in understanding that, just as a tree is strong and able to undergo various transitions, neurodiverse people can also develop an inner strength that allows them to overcome the differences that are often crystallized in various prejudices, especially in formal education and the professional world, which follow rigid and traditional patterns. The essential thing is to realize that people, like works of art, are all different and should be respected for that reason.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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SCULPTURE
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AKINGBADE
Dyslexia reflects my history and my work.
2025
ENHANCEMENT OF POSSIBILITIES
The sculpture presents the figure of a human being balancing on a structure reminiscent of a person's face. This gives rise to many connections that evoke contemporary art in its multiple facets, especially in terms of prompting reflections on society and proposing a construction characterized by the use of unusual materials, such as toothpicks, to offer new questions to the public, prompting them to consider how each of us sees others and how we are observed by them in a multifaceted and infinite game of mirrors.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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SCULPTURE