Category: Painting

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting April 09, 2018

Artist of the Week – Jekein Lato-Unah

By Tobijulo Onifade Jekein Lato Unah is a multidisciplinary artist. She is a trained potter, painter and performing artist who uses her craft to confront Patriarchy in Africa and celebrate women. She is currently studying Law at the University of Lagos and it’s pretty much amazing how her convictions and principles are channelled in both […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting March 28, 2018

Revolving Art Incubator’s “Four Women” Reconsiders Female Gender Norms

By Adefoyeke Ajao The Revolving Art Incubator’s recently-opened exhibition, ‘Four Women’, is a reflection on the situation of females within contemporary societies. Its dominant theme is that those who were once regarded as the weaker sex are beginning to hold their own – albeit with challenges. According to the curator Jumoke Sanwo, “women […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting March 12, 2018

Artist of the Week – Tonia Nneji

By Adefoyeke Ajao Since graduating with a degree in Creative Arts from the University of Lagos, Tonia Nneji has worked as a full-time studio artist and has earned an enviable reputation as a painter. Most recently, in 2017, she won the Emerging Artist Award of the Society of Nigerian Artists’ Lagos chapter. Nneji has a […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting March 05, 2018

Artist of the Week – Abisola Gbadamosi

By Adefoyeke Ajao Abisola Gbadamosi’s art is a sight for sore eyes: a light-hearted blend of fluttering butterflies, blooming flowers, nymph-like figures and vibrant colours that seem more in tune with narratives of love, hope and restoration than with their underlying themes of anguish, bereavement and outrage. Abisola Gbadamosi Since graduating from university […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting January 19, 2018

Painting with Scissors

By Tobijulo Onifade Draughtsman Printmaker and Sculptor, Henri Matisse was born the 31st of December 1869 in Northern France. He was originally trained as a lawyer but fell in love with Art in 1889 while recuperating from appendicitis. Matisse was known for his use of colour and was a founding member of Fauvism (les fauves, […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting January 17, 2018

Mosaic Using Watercolour

By Tobijulo Onifade A mosaic is a decorative art form which uses small pieces of materials placed together to create a unified whole. The apple dictionary also defines mosaic as a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small pieces of stone, tile, glass, and so much more. Mosaics have been in existence since the […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Painting October 25, 2017

Constant Capital Pays Tribute To A Legendary Professor and Artist

By Alithnayn Abdulkareem On Wednesday, October 4th, visitors to Ikoyi were engaged in a private viewing of legendary Artist and professor, Obiora Udechukwu’s works. The first of the professor in a decade in Nigeria. The professor is known for emerging as a part of the artists belonging to the AKA circle of exhibiting artists, […]