Rhythm: Akinyemi Oludele

About

Artist Akinyemi Oludele (Onashile Art) is a familiar figure on Manchester’s arts and music scene and if there is a gallery event, jazz concert or a poetry reading, you will most probably have seen him mingling in the crowd with sketchbook in hand, capturing the event in his own inimitable style. He is also a prolific sharer of work on social media; delivering political satire just as succinctly as capturing the atmosphere of a jazz concert.

Presented over three floors; encompassing his vibrant and expressive abstract paintings, drawings and digital work, the exhibition will be a window into the movement and rhythm of Manchester. You will be led through abstract paintings, live dance and music drawings and digital art posters to a soundtrack of the very music that inspired Oludele’s work.

“Drawing is about developing a relationship between myself and other people - connecting through the medium of art. I realised there was so much division, racial and in other ways around the city and drawing helped to break down some of the barriers, helped me to relate more and to feel safer. Later, drawing at live music performances, I began to use the rhythm of music to guide the mark making process, for me, art is about feelings, expression and connection” Akinyemi Oludele

More info here http://poolarts.org/782-2/