The Chemistry of Water

The Royal Watercolour Society is proud to present The Chemistry of Water – an exhibition of new and recent works by artist Modupeola Fadugba.

This special exhibition develops the RWS’s expansion of the boundaries of contemporary watercolour practice, and reflects Fadugba’s own investment in the materiality of her work. Rather than treating watercolour as a fixed set of materials, the show considers it as a set of behaviours: flow, absorption, resistance, and reflection.

The Chemistry of Water continues Fadugba’s wider practice – from Lagos and beyond – where water has been as much a subject as a condition; something that guides both how her figures move and how her materials behave. Acrylics are thinned and layered to act like watercolours, creating transparency and movement. Burnt surfaces alter the way pigment is absorbed. Beads interrupt and redirect its flow. Resist techniques hold space against it.

Source: RWS website