Bare Maximum Newsletter 111 with Osokoya Abdulmalik.
With a portfolio spanning from physical product design to high-fidelity 3D visualization, Osokoya Iretomiwa Abdulmalik is pushing the needle on the boundaries of multidisciplinary art. His practice is defined by a rigorous approach to prototyping and art direction, yet his technical know-how is always in service of a deeper narrative: the Afrosurrealist nature of the everyday African experience.Abdulmalik’s work intentionally strips away the performative to focus on the “everyday man.” This focus is born from a core conviction: “If you look close enough and pay attention,” he notes, “the life of the everyday African man in the modern world is the most surreal thing in existence.” His creations function as environments where reality and imagination coexist as a sharp juxtaposition. Grounded explicitly in the weight of daily life, his work explores the “eerie” quality of the present capturing the strange, poetic, and often unsettling friction of navigating the modern world as an African.
Currently, Abdulmalik is a key member of the briQ collective, a Lagos-based production house at the forefront of contemporary visual culture. He also serves as the Art Director for the brand ‘PRAY 4 LAGOS’, where he continues to bridge the gap between functional design and profound cultural commentary.
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