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Detroit Art Review // Adeshola Makinde: Relevant @ Playground Detroit

Words by NADJA ROTTNER The insertion of a work of art into the public sphere through mass media means is a dictum of Chicago-based Nigerian American visual artist Adeshola Makinde, who began his career as a self-taught practitioner three years. Having established the framework of a photomontage artist, “collage commissions” such as “the beauty is…FEEL […]

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MetroTimes // Adeshola Makinde’s ‘Relevant’ highlights civil rights protest signs of past and present at Playground Detroit

Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 3:37 pm Art by Adeshola Makinde, courtesy of Playground Detroit “WE DEMAND AN END TO POLICE BRUTALITY NOW!”, 2019 // 22″ X 11″ feet, Billboard, W Warren Ave & Wesson St, Detroit, Michigan‬. Black Power! Police Brutality Must Go! Education For All! What has been made very clear in recent years […]

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PRIDE SOURCE // SaveArtSpace and Playground Detroit Present ‘Signs of The Time’ Exhibit Through Aug. 4

DETROIT — Brooklyn/Detroit-based public art nonprofit​SaveArtSpace​and Playground Detroit​ will present “Signs of the Time,” a cross-media gallery and public art exhibition curated by Ellen Rutt. The selected exhibiting artists are Bre’Ann White,​ Dessislava Terzieva,​ Elysia Vandenbussche, Erik Henderson,​ ProjectArt, Adeshola Makinde,​ Jonah Welch, Viscaya Wagner and Thomas “Detour” Evans. This exhibit will display the work […]

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“Signs of the Time” Public Art Campaign Hits Streets of Detroit for Detroit Art Week 2019

“During the selection process I recognized what makes something an impactful work of art, versus what makes a good billboard. When looking through the 700+ submissions [from the public artist open call], I wanted to choose work that felt like really wanted to see in that ad space. I’m stoked to reclaim billboard space that […]

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