A Countervailing Theory

2020 2019


Barbican Centre, London, UK: 2020—2021
Kunsten Museum, Aalborg, Denmark: 2021
Hirshhorn Museum of Art, Washingston DC, 2021

A recently unearthed ancient parable set in central Nigeria’s Jos Plateau. Comprised of 40 monochomatic drawings, created using pastel, charcoal and chalk on gessoed linen and board. Read as a single body of work, it questions the nature of mythologies we tell ourselves. Peter Adjaye was invited to create a soundscape accompaniment titled, Ceremonies Within.

Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Establishing the Plot, 2019 This Is How You Were Made; Final Stages, 2019 Acclimation and Placement, 2019. (Diptych) Introductions: Early Embodiment (Koba), 2019 Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Placements: Memory Exercise, 2019. (Diptych) Mating Ritual, 2019. (Triptych) Courtship, 2019 Semblance of Certainty, 2019 This is How You Were Born, 2010 Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Unsupervised Education, 2019 Training for Compatibility, 2019-2020. (Diptych) To See and To Know; Future Lovers, 2019 First Signs, First Development, First Weapon, 2019. (Diptych) Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. A Parting Gift; Hers and Hers, Only, 2019 Suspicions Left Behind, 2019 Waiting on Assignments, 2019 Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Routine Inspection, 2019 Routine Inspection II, 2019 To Be Chosen and Not Known, 2019-2020 Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Farewells, 2019 To the Next Outpost, 2019 Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Rest Stop, 2019 An Understanding: A Lesson in Listening, 2019 Imitation Lesson; Her Shadowed Influence, 2019 Vocabulary, 2019 Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Accepting Impermanence, 2019 Untitled (Study), 2019 The Ruling Class (Eshu), 2019 A Forbidden Impulse, 2019 Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Call and Response, 2019 Inciting Incident, 2019 Altered Landscape, 2019 Tribunal, 2020 Summons; To Witness One’s Own, 2019-2020 The Empress’s Guard, 2019 Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, installation view at The Curve, Barbican Centre, London, UK. Organized by Lotte Johnson. Photo Courtesy of Barbican Centre. The Trial of One Wrongfully Accused, 2019-2020 A Considered Choice, 2019 Consequences Unforeseen, 2019 Children of the Century; Twin Sister and Brother, 2019 Parable Rock, Riyom, Nigeria, c. 2200 BC, 2019 New Found Land; The Vow, 2020 (Not included in exhibition.) An Unlearning, 2020 (Not included in exhibition.) A Pull At the Back of the Mind, 2019 (Not included in exhibition.) First Touch, 2019 (Not included in exhibition.) Bardo, 2019 (Not included in exhibition.)
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