>> PEACE BRINGS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IF I'M PEACEFUL, FEEL I'M PEACEFUL SOMEWHERE, I WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THAT SOCIETY.

I WILL PUT IN MY BEST, DEFEND EVERYTHING OF THE SOCIETY, BUT YOU DON'T DO THAT WITHOUT FIRST UNDERSTANDING THAT GUY EXISTS.

BECAUSE HE EXISTS, HE HAS TO LEAD.

SO WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE EVERYBODY LIVE AND NOT MERELY EXISTING.

MY NAME IS ADEWALE ADENLE.

I WAS BORN IN LAGOS, NIGERIA.

MY MOTHER AND FATHER DIDN'T REALLY WANT ME TO DO ART.

I VENTURED WHAT THEY WANTED ME TO DO BRIEFLY, TO BE A LAWYER, SO I WAS IN COLLEGE STUDYING LAW AND ALL THAT.

I DECIDED, THIS IS JUST NOT FOR ME.

I WANT TO WRITE.

I WANT TO PAINT.

I WANT TO DRAW.

AND I FELL LIKE I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A VOICE.

YOU KNOW, IN NIGERIA, YOU DON'T HAVE COLLEGE GRANTS OR ALL THE THINGS.

EITHER SOMEBODY'S PAYING FOR IT OR YOU ARE PAYING FOR IT, SO YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY, AND THAT'S HOW I BECAME A POLITICAL CARTOONIST.

I STARTED FENDING FOR MYSELF, SELLING CARTOONS TO BUY PAINTS, BRUSHES.

THEN I HAD A BRUSH IN THE MILITARY REGIME WHEN WE WERE FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY WITH MY POLITICAL CARTOON, BUT I'M HERE.

I SURVIVED.

IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT -- YOU'RE TRYING TO EARN YOUR SALARY, YOU'RE WORKING WITH A -- OWNED BY THE MILITARY JUNTA.

YOU ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOUR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE.

SO THAT'S -- THAT WAS TOUGH.

WHAT I DO THESE DAYS IS MORE ABOUT -- OF EVERYTHING.

THE MULTIPLE VISION, THE LOCATION OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION IN EVERY OBJECT OR IN EVERYTHING WE DO.

HOW DO I KNOW REPRESENT THIS DUALITY IN WHAT I DO?

HOW DO I COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE AND TELL THEM THAT, YES, WE ARE SO USED TO THESE NORMS, THIS WAY OF DOING THINGS, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF DOING THIS AND IT COULD BE BETTER.

SO I COME UP WITH THESE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PAINTINGS AND I PUT HOLES IN IT.

SOMEBODY SAID, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO PUT HOLES?

YEAH IT'S JUST LIKE YOU AND I. I SAY YOU KNOW WHAT?

I CAN PUNCH HOLES IN YOUR POLITICAL ARGUMENTS.

WHATEVER I FEEL SHOULD BE ADDRESSED OR SHOULD BE DISCUSSED FURTHER, I PUNCH HOLES IN IT TO SHOW MY AVERSION, MY AVERSE TO THINGS.

SO IT'S A WAY OF SAY I'M PUNCHING HOLES IN THE ARGUMENT, BUT I'M NOT JUST PUNCHING HOLES IN THEIR ARGUMENT.

I'M USING HOLES AS A CONDUIT TOWARDS OTHER REALITIES.

WHEN YOU SEE THE HOLES, WHEN YOU SO THE FIGURE IN FRONT, YOU ARE SEEING THAT HOLE.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S A DOLLAR BILL.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

BUT IT DRAWS YOUR ATTENTION.

IN THOSE HOLES YOU ARE GETTING ENGAGED IN THIS DISCUSSION.

THEN BECAUSE YOU ARE ENGAGED YOU FIND OTHER REALITIES.

YOU START ASKING QUESTIONS.

BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER PAINTING AT THE BACK.

SOME PEOPLE SAY, I DON'T LIKE POLITICS.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

IT'S OKAY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LIKE POLITICS.

THEY REMEMBER, THAT'S WHAT THE -- ARE LIVING, BECAUSE POLITICS INFORM POLICIES, AND POLICIES TELLS US HOW WE TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, WHAT FOOD, HOW MUCH IT COST OF MILK OR BEEF.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ENJOY THE POLITICAL PARTY, BUT WE NEED TO REALLY FOLLOW IT TO KNOW HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN DETERMINE, NOT ONLY WHEN WE GET TO THE BALLOT ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION AND THEN SAY, OKAY, SHALL I GO FOR DONKEY OR THE ELEPHANT?

YOU HAVE TO REALLY FOLLOW.

YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE NARRATIVES FOR US TO BE INFORMED OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO THAT'S THE SENSE OF -- THAT'S HOW I USE THOSE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROCESSES AND MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING TO DISSEMINATE THOSE -- IF I'M GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT THAT I WANT TO TAKE HOME, IT'S CONSCIOUSNESS TOWARDS SOCIAL POLITICAL NARRATIVES THAT AFFECTS YOUR LIVING.

THAT'S -- I MEAN, THAT SENTENCE COVERS A LOT OF THINGS.

WE LIVE IN A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, WE LIVE IN A SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, SO IT'S ALIVE, SO THAT'S WHEY WANT TO TAKE AWAY.