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Rob Omodiagbe, I Only Date Black Guys. LOL, Painting on canvas
Rob Omodiagbe, I Only Date Black Guys. LOL, Painting on canvas
Rob Omodiagbe, I Only Date Black Guys. LOL, Painting on canvas
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Rob Omodiagbe, I Only Date Black Guys. LOL, Painting on canvas
Rob Omodiagbe, I Only Date Black Guys. LOL, Painting on canvas
Rob Omodiagbe, I Only Date Black Guys. LOL, Painting on canvas

I Only Date Black Guys. LOL, 2024
Rob Omodiagbe   Emerging artists

Painting : oil, acrylic · 122 x 89 x 3 cm 48 x 35 x 1.2 inch · Ready to hang

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oil , acrylic on canvas

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122 x 89 x 3 cm 48 x 35 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth

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"…She actually wrote that? Did you reply with an ALL CAPS essay about objectification and myth… Or do the dishonourable thing?"

 

Rob Omodiagbe’s confronts the casual language of desire and stereotype with both humour and unease. The bold, mask-like figure—its oversized crimson lips, fragmented geometry, and electrified gaze—echoes the artist’s ongoing dialogue between identity, attraction, and the absurdities of social performance.

Rendered in vibrant acrylics and gestural oil pastel, the surface crackles with energy: quick, irreverent marks contrast with carefully structured planes of colour. Beneath its playful title lies a sharp meditation on objectification and projection—how bodies and identities are read, desired, and mythologised.

Omodiagbe fuses personal narrative with cultural critique, creating a painting that is at once confrontational, intimate, and darkly humorous. The result is an image that refuses to be simplified, embodying both the vulnerability and defiance at the heart of contemporary human experience.

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Rob Omodiagbe, I Only Date Black Guys. LOL
Rob Omodiagbe

Rob Omodiagbe

Australia  • 1966
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Emerging artists

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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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