The Émigré
In a painting clad with metaphors and symbolism, Madu questions the growing trend of immigration to developed worlds by the country’s youth and disenchanted mass looking for greener pastures in foreign lands. The uncertainty in the land and the inability to see their dreams come true becomes the impetus for these relocations and search for […]
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John Madu
Lagos
John Madu is a multi-disciplinary artist, whose paintings and art pieces overlap between art and design. Through personal iconographic symbols with allegorical metaphors, texture, indigenous patterns and colours, his paintings instigate the development of new modes of critical practice. His most recent subject matter dwells along the lines of the effect of globalization and […]
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3ft X 3ft
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In a painting clad with metaphors and symbolism, Madu questions the growing trend of immigration to developed worlds by the country’s youth and disenchanted mass looking for greener pastures in foreign lands. The uncertainty in the land and the inability to see their dreams come true becomes the impetus for these relocations and search for a new lease of life.
