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Taking African Art to The World
The Tate Modern Gallery of Art sits on Bankside, London, United Kingdom. Its imposing structure is noticeable to a first time visitor to that popular suburb in London. A repeated visit means a continued admiration of an interesting piece of architecture.
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Stages/Scènes”: Selorm Jay Shoots the Unexpected
By Adefoyeke Ajao On February 2nd, 2018, “Stages/Scènes” an exhibition of images taken by Ghanaian photographer Selorm Jay, opened at the Alliance Française Yaba in Lagos. The collection of 19 pictures shot by the artist at various hip-hop concerts from across the globe, “captures the unexpected moments’ artists share on stage”. Efya (Singer) […]
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Artist of the Week – Sumaina Isaac
By Adefoyeke Ajao Sumaina Isaac is many things rolled into one: a qualified engineer, a practising visual artist and the head honcho of SMKY arts, an enterprise which focuses on comic book illustrations and Tshirt art. Born in Benin City, the graduate of the University of Benin is a self-taught artist whose professional training in […]
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POSTED IN Art, Art history, Ceramics & Pottery (Clay), Culture, Sculpture
Lady Kwali
By Tobijulo Onifade Art class 2007, the topic for the week is colour theory and our assignment is to create a piece with the theme ‘Pottery’. A week after, a classmate comes up with this beautifully painted work of a woman moulding a pot with other ceramic works around her. I asked my classmate where […]
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POSTED IN Art, Art history, Assemblage, Culture, Sculpture
Power Show: Spotlighting a Legacy of Darkness
By Adefoyeke Ajao On February 3rd, 2018, at the Omenka Gallery in Ikoyi, Ayo Akinwande’s Power Show opened to the public. Curated by Erin Rice, Power Show highlights Nigeria’s numerous flaws through the prism of its oft-vilified power sector. Inspired by Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s track of the same title, this exhibition reflects […]
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POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawing, Drawn art
Artist of the Week – Jacqueline Suowari
By Adefoyeke Ajao When most people think about art, they think of all things colourful, but Jacqueline Suowari’s pen ink and acrylic portraits confute the notion that monochrome figures can be less captivating than their colourful counterparts. Born in 1990, Suowari is a graduate of University of Port Harcourt, where she majored in painting. However, […]
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CFA Banknotes
By Tobijulo Onifade According to the Apple dictionary, a banknote is a piece of paper money, constituting a central bank’s promissory note to pay a stated sum to the bearer on demand. I am a bit fascinated by banknotes; I see them as an illustrated I.D of a country. There are many beautifully decorated banknotes but the Central African […]
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Artist of the Week: Chamberlain Ukenedo
By Tobijulo Onifade “Let your art tell stories, we are all human” Chamberlain Ukenedo is a Mixed media artist, Cartoonist, Art director, and Illustrator. The GTBank, Hard part of Art workshop (which happened late last year) was the first time I came across him and his works and what drew me to him was his […]
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Artist of the Week: Ini Itama
By Tobijulo Onifade Multipotentiality “An educational and psychological term referring to a pattern found among intellectually gifted individuals. [Multipotentialites] generally have diverse interests across numerous domains and may be capable of success in many endeavours or professions, they are confronted with unique decisions as a result of these choices.” – Wiki Link According to Emilie […]
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Artist of the Week: Godwin Akpan
By Tobijulo Onifade About 3 weeks ago, I was on the Africandigitalartist website when I came across an art piece on their Instagram feed. This piece was a digital illustration of a temple/mountain scene of some sort using famous Nigerian relics. It was beautiful but what I remember most was the way it made me […]
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