Category: Fashion Design
POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Fashion Design
Make-Up Artistry: Is it really Art?
Art the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects (Merriam Webster Dictionary) The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. (Oxford Dictionary) Makeup […]
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The Collaboration between Fashion and Art
By Adefoyeke Ajao The relationship between fashion and art has always been a point of contention; a perennial argument that sees fashion designs as fungible, but regards art as invaluable. It is a multilayered puzzle that unravels a series of complex questions: Why should fashion collaborate with ‘art’? Is fashion in itself not art? Why […]
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Artist of the Week – Tobijulo Onifade
By Adefoyeke Ajao Tobijulo Onifade is an illustrator, surface artist and graphic designer. A graduate of University of Southampton’s Winchester School of Art, Onifade’s oeuvre includes digitally-enhanced prints, mosaic-inspired watercolour paintings, textile and upholstery design as well as a jewellery line named “Akun Joke” which is dedicated to making fascinating ornaments. The Lagos-born […]
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POSTED IN Art, Art history, Assemblage, Culture, Drawn art, Fashion Design, Sculpture
Artist of the Week – Ayobola Kekere-Ekun
By Adefoyeke Ajao Ayobola Kekere-Ekun is a mixed media artist who gives the traditional craft of quilling a contemporary twist. Her intricate designs are largely handcrafted and involve a painstaking technique that creatively arrays fabric, ribbons, strips of paper and other media into ornate works of art. Irrespective of her expertise at quilling, Kekere-Ekun is equally […]
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