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The Resistance Is Only in the Human

By xUEkA

Portuguese painter xUEkA spent years building structures as a civil engineer. Now he builds visual languages — and collectors on four continents are paying attention.

The Resistance Is Only in the Human

The Dirt Is the Point

By Pipe obando

Colombian artist Pipe Obando draws racing helmets and vintage cars in charcoal from his home in Austria. He has two solo shows booked in Vienna and a practice that is, by his own account, barely two.

The Dirt Is the Point

What Holds the Truth of the Work

By Faith Gbadero

Faith Gbadero's paintings sit with unresolved feeling. The Ogbomoso-based artist on rawness, restraint, and what nearly killed 'Adesewa'.

What Holds the Truth of the Work

If a Bat Has Only One Hand Left

By Oluwafemi Afolabi

Oluwafemi Afolabi paints bats and Ankara fabric into figurative work rooted in his mother's sacrifices. The symbols are biographical, not decorative.

If a Bat Has Only One Hand Left

What the Canvas Let Out

By Hansa Sethi

Hansa Sethi, 29, makes bold-colored paintings about depression, survival, and psychological states — and insists the brightness is not a contradiction.

What the Canvas Let Out