City square
Ogunnusi has opted for an unusual colour for the subject matter but the point he makes is clear. The rooftops as always are compact and illustrated in blue and red. The horizon is golden and suggests a spectacular sunset. The overall impression for the discerning viewer is of a city engulfed in an inferno. Which […]
Order A PrintDolapo Ogunnusi was born on the 26th of January 1975 in Lagos State. He is originally from Remo, Ogun State. He attended Auchi Polytechnic where he graduated in Art (painting) in 2002. Dolapo was a resident artist at the Gallery of Modern Art National Theater, Lagos. His work is acclaimed and he often documents the […]
Read moreOgunnusi has opted for an unusual colour for the subject matter but the point he makes is clear. The rooftops as always are compact and illustrated in blue and red. The horizon is golden and suggests a spectacular sunset. The overall impression for the discerning viewer is of a city engulfed in an inferno. Which reminds me of Dante’s Divine Comedy – the documentation “is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature…the poem’s imaginative vision of the afterlife” is based on medieval perceptions and the inferno as an instrument of punishment in the afterlife.