Lot 126: OLU AMODA

NIGERIA
Ball Costume

18 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 9 in. (47 x 29.8 x 22.9 cm).

Welded steel and keys.

2008

New York, Skoto Gallery, Template, December 17, 2009 - February 20, 2010.

Collection of the artist

Nails are used in my work as a metaphor. They have survived generations and remain one of the most ideal and enduring pieces of engineering. Nails depend on the notion of shared responsibilities, like ants. Small but lethal, a nail is able to defend itself, but yields to the will of the craftsman. What we call little things are merely the causes of great things: they are the beginning, the embryo and the point of departure, which generally speaking, decides the whole future of existence.