Fruit of Labour
Farming is a common vocation in the rural areas and mostly practiced on the subsistent level. Umeh portrays a family returning home from the farm with their produce. The painting investigates the mode used in the hinterlands where implements like hoes and cutlasses are still in use. The women in the company balance their trays […]
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Umeh Bede
Lagos, Nigeria
Umeh Bede Ifeanyichukwu was born on the 12th of February 1965 in Jos Plateau State, Nigeria. Umeh enrolled into the famous Yaba College of Technology Lagos where he graduated with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in painting. He worked briefly as an illustrator with Arbil, an advertising agency in Bodija Ibadan before retiring into full-time […]
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30" X 36"
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1933
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Farming is a common vocation in the rural areas and mostly practiced on the subsistent level. Umeh portrays a family returning home from the farm with their produce. The painting investigates the mode used in the hinterlands where implements like hoes and cutlasses are still in use. The women in the company balance their trays on their heads as they journey back home. This is a very common sight in places where effective means of transportation are unavailable.
