I Lost my Heart in a SoHo Shoe Shop, 2024
Print : fine art print · 58.9 x 37.1 x 0.3 cm 23.2 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch
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58.9 x 37.1 x 0.3 cm 23.2 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch Height x Width x Depth
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I Lost My Heart in a Soho Shoe Shop, 2024 by Rob Omodiagbe captures what the artist calls a “seven-second love story" — a fleeting yet unforgettable moment of connection that never unfolded beyond a shared gaze.
Set against the vivid pulse of Soho, New York, the composition blends architectural fragments with an intimate portrait, merging the public rhythm of the city with a deeply private emotional experience. Inside a shoe shop, eyes met briefly — long enough to leave a mark, too short to become a story with a future. That suspended moment becomes the emotional core of the work.
The painting's layered surfaces, handwritten elements, and graphic city forms evoke memory rather than documentation. The face appears both present and distant, held between desire and restraint, while the urban landscape presses in like a witness to something unspoken. A heart motif emerges quietly, not as sentimentality but as recognition — the instant awareness of possibility, already lost as soon as it appeared.
With tenderness and restraint, Omodiagbe elevates a passing encounter into a meditation on chance, longing, and the fragile poetry of what almost was. honours the power of brief connections — moments that never become relationships, yet remain indelible.
This work is available as a limited edition print of 50, signed and numbered.
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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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