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Rather than limit our interpretations of artworks to the restrictive lens of Western art history, it would be better to ask, ‘What are [these artists] actually talking about? Where does this sound, this visual vibration, come from?

— Odili Donald Odita Odili Donald Odita-DACID KORDANSKY GALLERY (2026)

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I think that people really care about America in different ways, [but] there is a lot of misunderstanding.

For me those colors are synonymous to people, to ideas, to cultures, to identities.

There are colors that are close to each other but different and then there are colors that are very different.

It’s about how they coexist in this space and how they harmonize together, [and how those] differences bring the painting together.

One has to understand the context from which the person is speaking, and the platform from which they’re addressing their references.

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