Luke Agada and the Architecture of Memory

Whitewall, September 24, 2026

In Luke Agada's Of Tempest, Of Dreams, multiple figures occupy an uninscribed interior, their bodies folding into one another and slipping between figuration and abstraction. Art-historical echoes are difficult to ignore; Picasso’s Cubist fragmentation comes to mind, yet the palette is unmistakably Agada’s: warm browns, ochres, and muted tones. The hybrid figures and indeterminate setting make the painting difficult to locate. Are we in Lagos, Chicago, New York,

 

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