ABBÉY ODUNLAMI is a Yoruba-Nigerian- American researcher, theorist, and educator/curator whose work investigates contemporary urban history and visual culture(s). His interdisciplinary practice challenges assumptions of history, culture, race, and conventions of display. Through an analysis of the impact of art and forms of cultural production, hierarchical structures within conspicuous consumption practices, and postcolonial globality, he examines the interdependencies which form the set of conditions that inform the built environment.