Category: Art

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting April 20, 2018

Vision of the Last Quarter Reunites Masters of Osogbo Art

By Adefoyeke Ajao In the 60’s, a young artist named Georgina Beier hosted a series of art workshops at the Mbari Mbayo Club in Osogbo, an ancient town now known as the capital of Osun State. Aided by her husband, the editor, writer and scholar, Professor Ulli Beier, these workshops targeted indigenes and practising artists […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture April 18, 2018

Stretching the Terrains of Contemporary Art

By Adefoyeke Ajao Six artists from different countries will participate in this year’s edition of an intensive six-week mobile art residency titled “Stretched Terrains”. This is the second edition of the residency programme to head for Dakar since 2016 and it is supported by the Goethe-Institut Nigeria, Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines. The residency will take […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting April 16, 2018

Artist of the Week – John Madu

By Tobijulo Onifade Circa summer 2015, a good friend invited me to Morphogenesis an art exhibition by John Madu. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it. Fast forward to December of the same year, the same friend and I attended the Art 21 exhibition at Eko hotel and while the body of works exhibited impressed me but […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture April 11, 2018

Kunle Adegborioye’s Nostalgia

By Adefoyeke Ajao Kunle Adegborioye’s “Nostalgia: Glimpses from Diaspora”, an exhibition of his most recent paintings in mixed media, charcoal and acrylic opened at the Omenka Gallery on April 7th, 2018. Each artwork in this collection carries multiple messages, and Adegborioye interweaves texts and images of women, children and familiar artefacts into visual commentaries about […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting April 09, 2018

Artist of the Week – Jekein Lato-Unah

By Tobijulo Onifade Jekein Lato Unah is a multidisciplinary artist. She is a trained potter, painter and performing artist who uses her craft to confront Patriarchy in Africa and celebrate women. She is currently studying Law at the University of Lagos and it’s pretty much amazing how her convictions and principles are channelled in both […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Ceramics & Pottery (Clay), Culture, Sculpture, Stone April 02, 2018

Esie Art

By Adefoyeke Ajao Esie is a town located in Kwara State, Nigeria and is largely populated by the Igbomina people. Esie initially became famous because of the stone figurines that were found in groves on the outskirts of the town. It would later, in 1945, house Nigeria’s first museum, the Esie Museum, which is described as […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Ceramics & Pottery (Clay), Culture, Sculpture, Stone March 30, 2018

Nok Art

By Adefoyeke Ajao When Nigeria’s indigenous artefacts are mentioned, you’re most likely to hear about the busts of Benin and Ife, and you’re left wondering if these are the only pre-colonial artefacts that were found in Nigeria. Despite gracing many local and international museums, the terracotta statuettes that are peculiar to Northern Nigeria’s Nok culture […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting March 28, 2018

Revolving Art Incubator’s “Four Women” Reconsiders Female Gender Norms

By Adefoyeke Ajao The Revolving Art Incubator’s recently-opened exhibition, ‘Four Women’, is a reflection on the situation of females within contemporary societies. Its dominant theme is that those who were once regarded as the weaker sex are beginning to hold their own – albeit with challenges. According to the curator Jumoke Sanwo, “women […]

POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Sculpture March 23, 2018

Remembering Duro Ladipo, Travelling Theatre’s Leading Man

By Adefoyeke Ajao It is impossible to speak about the history of theatre – or film – in Nigeria without mentioning Duro Ladipo, who until his death 40 years ago on 11th of March 1978, was an astute theatre manager and industry pioneer. An omission of the celebrated actor, composer, playwright and theatre director would […]

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