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A section of the Ajorin; Dancemetalphor exhibition at Thought Pyramid. Pic: c/o of the gallery. |
As the Nigerian art environment prepares to step into the third decade of the 21st century, the future beckons in a shift for metal art.
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Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson. Pic: NACCIMA. |
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Prof Ola Oloidi, during his lecture at Grillo Pavilion 2012. Pic: c/o Yusuf Grillo Pavilion. |
PROF Ola Oloidi (1944-2020), was an Art historian of great repute at University of Nigeria (UNN), Usukka, Enugu State. His contribution to the enrichment of Africa’s visual culture space will keep enduring. Oloidi died on Monday, November 2, 2020.
Among Oloidi’s many public lectures outside his academia practice was the historic one he delivered at the fourth edition of Yusuf Grillo Pavilion, in April 2012. The event was an edition dedicated to the celebration of Prof Uche Okeke’s art.
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Jeff Ajueshi, Founder/Artistic Director of Thought Pyramid Art Centre
Abuja and Lagos. Pic: c/o Thought Pyramid. |
ART galleries in Nigeria, like most parts of the world, are the fountains from which the passions of artists, collectors, curators and other professionals in the visual culture economy get watered.
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Godwin Adesoye's 'New Market' (oil and charcoal on canvas, 5ft x 4ft, 2015). Pic: c/o Translucent S.I. |
DURING 60 years of post-independence Nigeria, curatorial practice was hardly active in mainstream exhibition circuits. Strangely too, some artists in Nigeria, still do not agree that artistic presentation requires critical input from a professional not involved in the creation of their art; they view curators through the prism of suspicion.
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Uncertainty (alcohol ink on yupo paper, 2019), by Mukaila Ayoade. Pic: c/o the artist. |
FROM working in Lagos, Nigeria, to his current base in Chicago, U.S., artist Mukaila Ayoade brings into a single space his oeuvre of over 30 years.
Ayoade, whose mastery in collage painting covered quite some art appreciation grounds in Nigeria before his relocation to the US, opens a solo show titled Expressions: Faces and Figures Collection on October 1, 2020 at Bridgeport Art Center, West 35th Street Chicago Illinois. The exhibition of about 45 works marks the artist's 60th birthday and also serves as his contribution to six decades celebration of Nigeria's independence anniversary.
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Ama' (ink and acrylic on paper, 5 x 8ft, 2020) by Jacqueline Suowari. Pic: from the artist. |
DESPITE being the oldest form of art, figurative painting has been defined differently by each generation of artists across cultures. In the unfolding world of 21st century contemporary art that is giving figurative painting diverse tones, Jacqueline Suowari is one of such artists, whose brushstroke and ballpoint of fluidity are in romantic flow with monochromatic contents.
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Founder of Fuji music, Chief (Dr) Sikiru Ayinde Barrister (February 9, 1948-December 16, 2010). Pic: c/o of Siki Oluyole Records. |
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Patrick Sawyer (Keppy Ekpeyoung) in '93 Days'. Pic: c/o Bolanle Austen-Peters Productions.. |
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Directors of Thought Pyramid Art Centre, Ovie Omatsoka and Jeff Ajueshi. Pic: c/o the gallery. |
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A 'gele' headwear with ipele (scholl) adorned by Juju musician, Ayo Balogun.Pic: c/o Ayo Balogun. |