
Kayode Ojo
Kayode Ojo’s “Half-Life,” the artist’s first solo outing in Washington, DC, is a haunting and deeply romantic presentation that features sixteen new sculptures comprising an assortment of luxe-looking goods, from vintage cameras and shiny handcuffs to beaded handbags and a pair of rhinestone boots atop a mirrored pedestal. Yet despite the factory-fresh sheen of his materials, the show is suffused with a deathly air—the artist has turned the gallery into a funereal showroom.
Ojo’s hand is surgical and exacting. His art, rife with unblemished, reflective surfaces, achieves a clean and precise