Toyin Odutola quotes

I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay. (Toyin Odutola)
Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness, and your black presence. View quote
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For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends or not. View quote
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The social media bit is really about documenting process. I like the dialogue if it's constructive, but I'm now at a crossroads. I've accumulated a lot of followers, and it's great, but I'm also at that teetering point where people are feeling themselves a little too much, commenting a little too much. View quote
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It's kind of a language I've developed over time that's basically breaking up the face into components and planes. Inside each plane, I draw gradation marks, and when planes come together, they form sinews, a hairlike weave that's like a landscape of the face. View quote
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I moved around a lot when I was a child; two of the houses I grew up in have totally disappeared. One was burnt in a riot, and the other was pulled down. View quote
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I needed to create something I could take with me wherever I went. View quote
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I dont think about race before I start drawing. I think about how to make that mark to fit whatever purpose I need it to fulfill. View quote
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The graphic style itself is influenced by a lot of very layered and detailed comics that I read as a kid, like Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue. View quote
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