Ywdy’s art places an emphasis on the complex union of divinity and humanity, achievement and failure, the antiquated and contemporary, and identites and machinations of the future. It explores what it means to imagine and evolve in a way that can only experienced in this reality by juxtaposing spirit and flesh. What makes sinew sinew and what determines the capacity of human potential. A reminder that existing is a holy and incredible thing in and of itself.
This art is supposed to make you feel - powerful? heroic? vulnerable? human? undestructable? able to evolve? COOL?
The ancient world is a lense, Pop culture is a lense, imagination is a lense
uwa bu abuo
uwa bu ahia
ye are gods
we are God’s derivatives?
imagineable things are possible things
Igbos use codes and parables called Ilu
Ilu are Illume
Simply having power is not nearly as fun or interesting as being able to play with power
In a world where anyone can use AI tools to make anything— what humans crave is true taste, authenticity, originality and craftsmanship. If anyone can do it or mass reproduce it, the value is diminished. The things that last now are highly curated and cultured.