Regardez-Moi

Mayowa Oyewale

June 4, 2024

Six Photographs

“Titled after Malick Sidibe’s work of the same name, which means “Look at me” in English, I
collect pictures that speak to the pattern of beauty of the Black and/or African woman.”

—Mayowa Oyewale

Mayowa Oyewale, Regardez-Moi, 2023.

Mayowa Oyewale, Regardez-Moi (II), 2023.

Mayowa Oyewale, Study 02, 2023.

Mayowa Oyewale, Study 03, 2023.

Mayowa Oyewale, Study 01, 2023.

Mayowa Oyewale, Study 04, 2023.
Mayowa Oyewale
Mayowa Oyewale (he/him) is a Nigerian multidisciplinary artist working with photography and text. Some of his work has been recognized by Gallery 1957, Tender Photo Journal, Kranj Foto Fest, Tate, and the Poetry Foundation. He divides his time between Ibadan, Ife, and Osogbo, Nigeria.