Odili Donald Odita
March 17, 2015
Abstract painter Odili Donald Odita delivered the Annual Barbra and Andrew Rothschild Lecture. The Nasher Museum announced plans to commission two large-scale murals by Odita, in celebration of Nasher10, the museum’s first decade. A public art project in downtown Durham now visually connects with a wall painting inside the museum.
The annual lecture is made possible by Barbra and Andrew Rothschild. Past speakers include artists Dario Robleto, Eve Sussman and Kehinde Wiley and Thelma Golden, director of the Studio Museum in Harlem.
Listen to an interview with Trevor Schoonmaker and Odili Donald Odita on Frank Statio’s The State of Things WUNC 91.5 FM.
Odita also appeared on the Modern Art Notes Podcast with Tyler Green.
Portrait of Odili Donald Odita by J Caldwell.
Odili Donald Odita, Shadow and Light (For Julian Francis Abele) (installation view), 2015. Acrylic latex paint on wall, dimensions variable. Commissioned by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Odili Donald Odita, Time Bridge, 2015. Acrylic latex paint on wall, dimensions variable. Commissioned by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo by J Caldwell.
Both murals by Odili Donald Odita are commissioned by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Both murals are made possible by the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts and Council for the Arts Visiting Artist Program of Duke University; the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation; and Elizabeth Hitchins Quigley and L. Matthew Quigley. Additional generous support is provided by Nasher Annual Fund donors.