Through dazzling beadwork, a mixed-media art exhibit in Palm Beach County celebrates African Yoruba heritage and family traditions from a rising Nigerian star in global contemporary art.

Multimedia artist Modupeola Fadugba, who is most notably known for her colorful and  monochromatic paintings of  synchronized swimmers, tries to capture the “togetherness and a synchronicity,” in everyday life, she told WLRN.

Her first West Palm Beach exhibit marks a subtle shift from swimmers.

Fadugba’s new exhibit — “Also, What Are We Wearing?” — at the Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in West Palm Beach spotlights Nigeria’s Ojude Oba cultural festival , which features Africans parading in coordinated attire accompanied by drummers, dancers, and horses in the Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State of Nigeria.

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