Category: Art
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Em’kal Eyongakpa Wins Inaugural Henrike Grohs Art Award
By Adefoyeke Ajao The recipient of the first Henrike Grohs Art Award was announced on the 6th of March, 2018. The €20,000 prize was awarded to Cameroonian intermedia artist Em’kal Eyongakpa who had earlier been shortlisted alongside Georgina Maxim (Zimbabwe) and Makouvia Kokou Ferdinand (Togo). Born in 1981, Eyongakpa holds a degree in […]
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POSTED IN Art, Art history, Assemblage, Culture, Sculpture
Scrap Metal Resurrects in Dotun Popoola’s Irin Ajo
By Adefoyeke Ajao Dotun Popoola describes himself as an artist who is “always on the move searching for new ideas, blending training in different forms of art from different schools and studios; different techniques and cultures, in order to create a unique form of art”. “Irin Ajo”, his ongoing exhibition of hybrid sculptures, which opened […]
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Local Space, Transnational Connections Recalls Lagos’ Architectural History
By Adefoyeke Ajao On February 10, the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, which recently celebrated its first decade of existence, kicked off its first exhibition for 2018. Titled “Local Space, Transnational Connections”, the exhibition examines the architectural development of Lagos State through the Brazilian Quarters and its contribution to “a dynamic, modern city imbued […]
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POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Drawn art, Painting
Artist of the Week – Tonia Nneji
By Adefoyeke Ajao Since graduating with a degree in Creative Arts from the University of Lagos, Tonia Nneji has worked as a full-time studio artist and has earned an enviable reputation as a painter. Most recently, in 2017, she won the Emerging Artist Award of the Society of Nigerian Artists’ Lagos chapter. Nneji has a […]
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Artist of the Week – Abisola Gbadamosi
By Adefoyeke Ajao Abisola Gbadamosi’s art is a sight for sore eyes: a light-hearted blend of fluttering butterflies, blooming flowers, nymph-like figures and vibrant colours that seem more in tune with narratives of love, hope and restoration than with their underlying themes of anguish, bereavement and outrage. Abisola Gbadamosi Since graduating from university […]
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POSTED IN Art, Art history, Assemblage, Culture, Drawn art, Fashion Design, Sculpture
Artist of the Week – Ayobola Kekere-Ekun
By Adefoyeke Ajao Ayobola Kekere-Ekun is a mixed media artist who gives the traditional craft of quilling a contemporary twist. Her intricate designs are largely handcrafted and involve a painstaking technique that creatively arrays fabric, ribbons, strips of paper and other media into ornate works of art. Irrespective of her expertise at quilling, Kekere-Ekun is equally […]
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POSTED IN Art, Art history, Culture, Digital art, Photography
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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