Around Marina
A gloomy depiction of Marina, the business district of Lagos. Again like some of Demola’s other paintings this work considers the nighttime economy and city life. A lifestyle that has grown with the unprecedented influx of people from the villages and other states into the city in search of economic stability and growth. In the […]
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Damola Adepoju
Lagos, Nigeria
Damola Adepoju was born on 23 September 1975 in Lagos. He enrolled at the Institute of Textile Technology, Art and Design graduating with a diploma in Art (1998). He later proceeded to Lagos State Polytechnic where he received an OND (2006) and HND in (2011). He is an established member of the Society of Nigerian […]
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34" x 36"
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A gloomy depiction of Marina, the business district of Lagos. Again like some of Demola’s other paintings this work considers the nighttime economy and city life. A lifestyle that has grown with the unprecedented influx of people from the villages and other states into the city in search of economic stability and growth. In the foreground, is the CMS church facade, an important Lagos Island landmark from the colonial period still standing and gracing the waterfront district of the city.
