Waiting to Exhale by Segun Aiyesan


Waiting to Exhale
3x8ft
acrylic on cretextured canvas
2018
Its remarkable, whats going on these days. It appears the tide is being turned against the all pervasive patriarchy and the forces of change is turning in the favor of the "weaker" sex. They don't seem so weak to me though. They do run the world, just like Beyonce said (...we run the world,... girls girls), and i have always had this position. However, today that power of femininity is being asserted more fiercely all over the globe. Its the time of the woman and this cannot be stopped, its nature's way of finding equilibrium.


Segun Aiyesan was born on 18 March 1971 at Benin City, Nigeria. He is a self trained artist. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 1995.

Segun has done several solo and group exhibitions, this includes: Translation – Signature Gallery, Lagos – 2002, Epiphany – Signature Gallery, Lagos – 2010, Unspoken Words – Terra kulture, lagos – 2011, Florence Biennale, Firenze, Italy – 2009, The Unbreakable spirit of Nigeria – Gallerie 23 Amsterdam, Holland – 2008, Reflex – Sandton Convention & Exhibition centre, Johannesburg, South Africa – 2004, 48 Hours with the Children of the Turtle – EspaceAlberica, Paris – 2004 among others.

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