Tunji Adeniyi-Jones

Morán Morán, Mexico City

Morán Morán

An installation view of a gallery wall hung with two large paintings. The floor of the gallery is a dark grey stone, the wall is a pale orange and a section of window with yellow stained glass appears over the apricot colored wall. The two paintings are the same size, horizontally oriented and full from edge to edge with light orange and dark orange shapes and swirls. The color of the wall is very similar to the lightest orange shapes in the paintings.

An installation view of a gallery with a large doorway at the back leading to a room beyond. The first room is painted an apricot color. It has a grey stone floor and white ceiling. Lights from the ceiling reflect on the polished floor. The second room is pale grey and has a wood floor. To our right, in the first room, a large orange painting with a black frame hangs on an apricot wall. In the second room, two primarily blue paintings are hanging on grey walls.

An installation view of the corner of the gallery. The gallery floor is wood and the walls are light gray with fluorescent lighting edging the ceiling. A medium sized red and turquoise painting is hung on the left wall and a larger, turquoise and orange painting is hung on the right.

Installation view of the corner of a gallery. On our left a large orange painting hangs on an apricot colored wall, and on our right, a white framed doorway leads to a room beyond. The second room is painted pale yellow, and a small yellow and red painting hangs on the far wall.

An installation view of a gallery room with an interior doorway leading to a room beyond. The room where we are located is dark but the room beyond the doorway is brightly lit. The floor is a warm wood, and a large yellow and orange painting in a black frame hangs on a painted yellow wall in the room beyond.

An installation view of the corner of a gallery. The floor is wood, and the walls are painted a pale yellow. Two medium sized yellow paintings hang on either wall, and between them, on the wall to our left, there is a door framed in dark brown with ornate curling grill work in the center. There is glass behind the grill and we can see a brightly lit room beyond.

The installation view of the corner of a gallery. The floor is wood and the walls are painted a pale yellow. On our left, a horizontally oriented, yellow painting hangs. On our right a larger, vertically oriented orange painting hangs. The ceiling of the gallery is white with bright florescent lighting along the edge.

Installation view of the corner of a gallery. The floor is wood and the walls are a pale yellow or peach. On our left a large orange and yellow painting hangs, and on our right three small paintings or drawings hang in a row. All four works are in black frames. Of the three small drawings or paintings, two are close together while the third is hung further along the wall to the left.

A tighter view of the three small drawings or paintings hung on a yellow wall. The two on our right are hung a few inches apart and the picture on our left is maybe 1 1/2 or 2 feet from them on the wall. All three pictures are framed in black with slim white mating. All three paintings or drawings are comprised of swirling yellow and orange and pink shapes filling the pictures to their edges.

A rectangular painting filled with line drawn arabesques, interconnected leaf patterns and swirls, in orange, apricot, yellow, and hints of turquoise and pink. On closer inspection some of the rounded leaf shapes form three figures that twist around each other into a circle. All the arms and legs and curved spines and rounded butts are rendered in dark orange swirls of color intermingling and emerging from lighter orange swirls of color. Each figure has turquoise and white eyes. The painting has a thin, black frame.

A rectangular painting filled with line drawn arabesques, interconnected leaf patterns and swirls, in orange, apricot, yellow, and hints of turquoise and pink. On closer inspection some of the rounded leaf shapes form three figures. All the arms and legs and curved spines and rounded butts are rendered in dark orange swirls of color intermingling and emerging from lighter orange swirls of color. Each figure has turquoise and white eyes. The painting has a thin, black frame.

A rectangular painting filled with line drawn arabesques, interconnected leaf patterns and swirls, in orange, apricot, yellow, and hints of turquoise. On closer inspection, some of the rounded leaf shapes are arms, and the round joints of shoulders and elbows and a head, poised upside down (as if a figure is half lost in a pile of leaves and looking back at us). The form of the body is outlined in a few strokes and filled in with orange, just like the shapes of leaves or other rounded forms all around it. Only the eyes are white. The painting has a thin, black frame.

A rectangular painting of light and dark turquoise, purple and orange arabesques fill the canvas. The linear pattern of interlacing leaves and swirls of color includes a figure in turquoise with brief swirls to indicate shoulder and elbow and knee joints. The soles of two magenta colored feet can be picked out among the leaves at the center of the painting, and two hands can be seen in the same color towards the bottom edge. A face looks out of the painting with white eyes. The painting has a thin, black frame.

A rectangular water color in a thin, pale gold frame. The interior of the picture is filled from edge to edge with triangles and other shapes of solid color. Yellow is dominate with orange and red and pink sections of color. In the center of the image are three figures. Their bodies are made of yellow and orange shapes, and circles of color define joints and rounded butts and thighs. The figures blend into more jagged shapes of color in the background, filling the picture completely.

Another rectangular water color in a thin, pale gold frame. The interior of the picture is filled from edge to edge with triangles and other shapes of solid color. Yellow is dominate with orange and red and pink sections of color. In the center of the image are three figures. Their bodies are made of yellow and orange shapes and circles of color define joints and rounded butts and thighs. The figures seem to be coming from a space outside the frame, and only the tops of their legs, from the knees up, can be seen. Except for the middle figure who is facing us and bending a leg as if about to step out of the picture. The figures blend into more jagged shapes of color in the background, filling the picture completely.

A horizontal water color in a thin, pale gold frame. Although similar, this watercolor is more yellow than the previous two. Four yellow figures emerge from a swooshing geometric background of yellow and orange and pink. The bodies of the four figures are made of yellow shapes, and circles of color define joints and rounded butts and thighs. The figures blend into more jagged shapes of color in the background, filling the picture completely.

A watercolor in a black frame with white matting. The picture has warm tones of orange and yellow and pink with a few accents of green. Two figures emerge from a swirling background of warm colors. Their bodies are made of fragments and sections of solid orange and yellow. The shapes define hips and thighs and breasts in varying shades of orange. On our left, the figure is standing, and on our right, the figure kneels with their back to us but their head is turned towards us.

Another watercolor in a black frame with white matting. The picture has warm tones of orange and yellow and dark red with a few accents of green. Two figures emerge from a swirling background of warm colors. Their bodies are made of fragments and sections of solid orange and yellow. The shapes define hips and thighs and breasts in varying shades of orange. On our left the figure is sitting on their heels and on our right the figure kneels with their back to us but their head is turned to face us.

Another watercolor in a black frame with white matting. The picture has warm tones of orange and yellow and pink with a few accents of green. Three figures emerge from a swirling background of warm colors. Their bodies are made of fragments and sections of solid orange and yellow. The shapes of color define hips and thighs and breasts in varying shades of orange and pink. The three figures are close together, filling almost the whole frame and blending into the shapes and fragments of color that fill the background.

Tunji Adeniyi-JonesTranquil Dive
Morán Morán, Mexico City

Exhibition Images

Tunji Adeniyi-JonesTranquil DiveMorán Morán, Mexico City

Exhibition Images

Tunji Adeniyi-JonesTranquil Dive
Morán Morán, Mexico City