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Revisiting Alain Resnais’ Statues Also Die
By Adefoyeke Ajao STATUES ALSO DIE is a 30-minute film essay directed by Alain Resnais, Chris Marker and Ghislain Cloquet and narrated by Jean Negroni. Released in 1953, the film dissects European attitudes toward African art and decries the effects of colonialism on African art and culture. Considering that majority of African countries were still […]
CONTINUE READINGGTBank Art635 Artist Onboarding
Arts is one of the four pillars of GTBank’s Corporate Social Responsibility policy and the launch of Art635 is the latest of the Bank’s sustained efforts to promote African arts locally and internationally. The GTBank Art635 Gallery (www.art635.gallery) is an online gallery open to all African artists and sculptors of all forms, both home and […]
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