法多朱蒂米經常在深夜靈感大爆發的時候在工作室裡一邊將音樂開到震天響,一邊激情創作(日本藝術家奈良美智也喜歡這樣邊聽音樂邊創作)。她在層疊的油彩中加入麗可——這種速乾媒劑使美麗的油彩更添光澤。藝術評論家詹妮弗·希吉指出:「這導致畫面表層能讓人想起玻璃或處於高速運動狀態的水:充滿變化、反射與躁動。」 ii 確實,《足跡的探尋》層次豐富的筆觸蘊含強烈的表現力,律動的色彩有如一場編排精湛的舞蹈,引人入勝。
正如艾迪·瑪汀尼茲將自己投入大量體力的作畫方式比作參與拳擊比賽、在與畫布的對抗中反覆進出,法多朱蒂米創作時,身體也在「繪畫渴望存在的強烈意志」的指導下不斷移動[ ii]。對於法多朱蒂米給畫作注入的能量,詹妮弗·希吉這樣評論道:「 顏料團塊彷如新芽破土而出。這些畫作像春天盛放的花園,像波濤洶湧的大海;有時,情緒顯得如此旺盛,似乎處於爆發的邊緣。色彩的律動有如被放在中央聲部的低音旋律。很明顯:油彩是一種有機物質,就像新堆肥的泥土一樣充滿可能性。」 ii
Jadé Fadojutimi is a British contemporary artist who lives and works in London. A recent graduate of the Royal College of Art, Fadojutimi has seen a precipitous ascent to success: she is the youngest artist represented in the collection of the Tate, London, and has upcoming exhibitions planned for the Hepworth Wakefield and the Liverpool Biennial. Fadojutimi’s work is immersive and all-encompassing, featuring tightly woven lattices of ecstatic pigment and electric line. The raw but bubbly energy of her paintings reflects aspects of the artist’s own interiority, as she treats each canvas as an opportunity to explore undiscovered or under-interrogated aspects of her individuality. Fadojutimi believes that color and personality mingle and encourage one another; the matrices of line and color resemble the psychedelic spindles of neural networks, actualizing the artist’s investigative efforts as visual translations of the artist’s explorations of identity and fluidity.
Fadojutimi brings a frenetic energy to painting, as many of her works are completed in late-night bursts of creativity; what may start the night as a blank canvas often emerges in the morning as a finished work. Describing her practice in environmental terms, Fadojutimi strives to incorporate the ineffable associations of memory absorbed from the warm moments and special objects of life; taken against the societal backdrop of their creation, Fadojutimi’s paintings shine out as optimistic beacons for dark times.