| My works continue to show a variety of lifestyles, either partly current experiences or partly reminiscences. Of great fascination to me is man’s socio-economic and political behavior, which has influenced my direction of work over the years. These works are rendered in a variety of media, including bronze, concrete, polyester, plaster, resin, waste materials, and lino engravings. I sculpt burning subject rendered in caricature or stylized forms to provoke laughter rather than serious reflections. | 
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Babatunde Babalola
Babatunde Babalola, Trapped, 2004. Installation. Courtesy of the artist.
My works continue to show a variety of lifestyles, either partly current experiences or partly reminiscences.
Of great fascination to me is man’s socio-economic and political behavior, which has influenced my direction of work over the years. These works are rendered in a variety of media, including bronze, concrete, polyester, plaster, resin, waste materials, and lino engravings.
I sculpt burning subject rendered in caricature or stylized forms to provoke laughter rather than serious reflections. Although most of the figures are distorted, or elongated and exaggerated, I still try to maintain a stringing resemblance to reality. Precisely my works have tried to achieve a common figure of speech among some ethnic groups in Nigeria that whenever an issue becomes grievous, it should be reconsidered as a joke.
I have moved from many levels of artistic voyage, moving from bronze, to my recent works that explore the most common waste/scrap materials, such as bottle tops, offcut fabric, newspaper prints, foam for recycling to create my sculptures.
Lately my interest has also grown in performance art. Most often I use myself as body art, and on few occasions I engage the audience. Some of my performance tends to re-enact and showcase upon the lived environment experience reflecting some societal problems or the rich cultural heritage of Nigeria.
