Artist Tunde Olaniran's 'Made a Universe' opens a portal at a Detroit museum
Musician and artist Tunde Olaniran is a rising star from Flint, Michigan whose exuberant work comments on serious issues such as environmental injustice and the carceral state.
by Neda Ulaby
Jul 30, 2022
3 minutes
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A Midwestern museum known for mid-century design may have found the next big art world star.
Tunde Olaniran is a musician, filmmaker and artist who grew up in Flint, Michigan. Their first show, Made A Universe, just opened at the Cranbrook Art Museum near Detroit.
is partly a short movie, and partly an exhibition of what looks like pieces of its set: artifacts of furniture, old cars and unpaid bills that combine science fiction and social realism. It
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