Second Date, Last Date, 2024
Rob Omodiagbe   Emerging artists

Painting : oil, acrylic · 101.6 x 76.2 cm 40 x 30 inch · Ready to hang

€5,676 5 676 €

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“…Perhaps I was nervous,'' she said, talking and giggling as loudly as she must have done in the cinema that night. “I haven't dated in twenty years."

In , Rob Omodiagbe translates an awkward, humorous personal moment into a vivid visual story. The text “She talked throughout ” refers to an actual date — a woman chatting incessantly during a film famously known for its silence. The irony becomes the work's centrepiece, turning an everyday experience into a reflection on connection, expectation, and miscommunication.

Through his bold composition and abstracted portraiture, Omodiagbe reveals both the comedy and vulnerability that accompany human relationships. The figure’s fragmented face — part laughter, part melancholy — is accentuated by bright, cinematic colours that evoke the glow of the movie theatre. The red-and-white stripes of popcorn become symbols of anticipation and disappointment alike.

Playful yet introspective, continues Omodiagbe’s exploration of intimacy, imperfection, and the fragile theatre of human emotion — where silence and noise tell equally powerful stories.

Rob Omodiagbe, Second Date, Last Date

Rob Omodiagbe

Australia  • 1966
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Rob Omodiagbe is a British-Nigerian contemporary artist based in Australia. After a celebrated career as an award-winning advertising creative in London, New York, and Sydney, Rob returned to his first love: painting. His background as a visual storyteller deeply informs his work, which blends figurative expressionism with gestural abstraction and sharp narrative insight.

Drawing inspiration from fleeting moments, cultural identity, and personal encounters, Rob creates bold, emotionally resonant works using acrylic and oil pastel. His paintings explore the complexities of modern life—race, love, humour, and human connection—through a vivid and unapologetically personal lens.

Rob's work has quickly garnered attention: he was a Finalist in Australia's National Emerging Art Prize (2024), received an Excellence Award from the Whitelock Art Centre International Art Prize in New York, and held a sold-out solo show at Gaffa Gallery. He continues to make a strong impact with his distinctive voice and visual language—each canvas a self-contained story, filled with character and soul.

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