All Guts (2022) is an exhibition of diverse works by eight of Nigeria’s leading contemporary artists. The exhibition is a meditation on ideas around figuration and abstraction, rendered in distinct modalities of art making. The varied works range from paintings to metal foil relief printing, from sculptural work and collage to assemblage art. The featured artists in All Guts are proud alumni of August Artist Retreat (2022), the flagship institution run by Bruce
Onobrakpeya Foundation (BOF). The title All Guts represents the daring individual practices embarked upon by the group. Combined, they define new maps of meaning by responding to the complex geographic, cultural and intellectual specificities of Nigeria, the most populous Black nation on earth. A strong correspondence emerges between the works in All Guts, chief of which is artistic integrity. The two dramatic aspects of All Guts are: a survey that focuses on divergent interpretations of contemporary art, and an opportunity to engender a conversation between a generation of early career artists who may define Nigerian art for decades to come. All Guts features new works by Orowole Oluwole, Mosun Mewase, Peter Adelaja, Sotonye Jumbo, Gbenga Adeku, Ajibo Ikechukwu, Gbenga Olawole and Julius Ugochukwu.