OSINACHI

The series, Forgotten Relics, uses digital collage to delve into multifaceted themes of self identity, technology and environmentalism.

Composed of contrasting textures and patterns created by hand on Microsoft Word, Forgotten Relics explores a future where its protagonists irreverently inhabit a human world that has destroyed nature. In these domestic scenes composed of bright colours, a man walks a robot dog, a goldfish takes its last breath and an octopus wrestles a man in his own bathtub, reflecting the increasing conflicts between humanity and the outside world. Here, each protagonist lives alongside the aftermath of an environmental collapse, and seeks out kinship with technology and other species as a means of traversing the way forward and discovering new modes of being.

This new series, rendered in Osinachi’s now widely recognised digital pop art aesthetic, furthers his critical approach to art-making. Looking beyond their exuberant style, his works invite us to examine the intersection between identity politics, technology and environmentalism, and lay bare the hypocrisies and incongruent perspectives that have already infiltrated our modern, domestic lives. Cementing his title of Africa’s foremost digital artist, Osinachi continues to demonstrate how visual art can be a powerful tool to mitigate the problems we face today.

Transforming Osinachi’s idiosyncratic style into the medium of screenprint has been a process by which his digital works have entered the physical. Often we see the physical world digitised; here the digital is brought to life in a tangible format. The vivid textures and colours of his digital work are skilfully translated into print, with layers of applied texture mimicking pixelation and a play of light and shadow that echoes the drop shadows of a screen. In this outstanding collection of screenprint editions, Osinachi’s digital worlds have materialised with unprecedented quality and unerring accuracy.

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