The Thinker
Inspired by Rodin’s famous sculpture “the thinking man”, the painting tries to depict the universal phenomenon of every human being. Acquisition of knowledge and its appropriation promotes the emancipation of the mind and consequently frees the individual from bondage.
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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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2ft X 3ft
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897
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Inspired by Rodin’s famous sculpture “the thinking man”, the painting tries to depict the universal phenomenon of every human being. Acquisition of knowledge and its appropriation promotes the emancipation of the mind and consequently frees the individual from bondage.
