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| 'The Convergence: The Spark Between Man and Machine' (oil and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 244cm, dated 2026), by Ayo'lamide |
For different reasons, AI has taken crucial spots across professional fields, art inclusive. In U.K-based Olamide Adesola's latest work, AI plays no role in aiding the creation of her work, but the artist is inspired by the 21st century digital intelligence innovation in someone else’s scientific research.
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| 'Dancing Beneath the Morning Sun' (acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, dated 2023) by Ruth Ige. |
Titled after a line from the artist’s poem, the exhibition brings together paintings and works on paper whose narratives weave across aspects of art, history, precolonial practices, mythology, speculative fiction, fashion, African culture, and diaspora.
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| 'Head Shot – Baba' (mixed media) by Ajibola Odusiji |
IN his adventure through the path of experimental photography, Ajibola Oluwaseun Odusiji creates monochromatic textures that expose the vast techniques abound in portrait art.
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| J. Randle Centre for Yorùbá Culture and History, Onikan, Lagos. |
IT'S doubtful if any people's name origin has generated so much interest as that of the Yorùbá. In this publication, searching for the people's ancestry also leads to the sources of the name origin.
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| 'Whispers of Grace' (photography) by Joyce Aranuwa. |
THE line between visual contents of artistic works and whatever the artist intends to express, is, naturally blurred to generate collective cohesion.
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| Curatorial team: Mrs Morayo Grillo Antonio (left), Kehinde Sanwo, and Dr Kunle Adeyemi during the press Preview for Linage of the Masters, in Lagos. Pic by BENJAMIN OLADAPO. |
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| 'When Children Still Run' (photography) by Samuel Avurakoghene Atabeh |
AN old, rusty bungalow, located along unpaved road with children in playing mood, sharing the same space with a lone goat, all add up to childhood innocence and memory.
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| 'Infinite Becoming' (photography) by Babatunde Atolagbe. |
FOR whatever reason, it’s taken for granted that every piece of art should speak for the subject to generate strong appreciation of the artist’s efforts. That expectation, sometimes, becomes either a challenge, hurdle, or strength for the artist as two of the works of photographer, Babatunde Atolagbe expose the complexity of handling age-specific subjects.
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| 'Untitled Chair' (mixed media furniture, 88 x 40 x 50 cm, dated 2024) by Stef |
WHOEVER wishes to engage in critical study of the relatively close link between surreal and conceptual contents has something to chew in the works of artist, Oluwasemilore Stephen Ogunsanya, who chooses to be simply known as ‘Stef’.
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| Pan-African Nuptials & Alaga Showcase at National Theatre of Ghana, Accra. Pic: c/o Producer. |
ACROSS diverse cultures of the world, marriages between families, sometimes involve ceremonies that expose deep customs of the people. In Africa, specifically, Nigeria, weddings are like festivals as explored in two different ethnic groups by cultural event producer, Farida Atanda.
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| 'I Have A Dream's (stringart, 20x26 inches, dated 2024) by Omotoyosi Ogunlende. |
OUTSIDE the walls of juried exhibitions, sometimes the public appraisal, perception and appreciation don’t always align with the organised and formal verdict of a panel. From one side of the complexity, some artists do get favourable critical appraisal.
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| 'Veiled Fracture' (photography) by Makidamaker |
ACROSS three generations of Nigerian photographers, iconic individuals such as JA Green (1973-1905), and postcolonial 1960s-1990s/2000s such as Peter Obe, JD Okhai Ojeikere, Tam Fiofori and 21st century masters like Kelechi Amadi-Obi, George Osodi, among others have boosted the mastery of the lens art.
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| Celebrant, Prof Femi Osofisan (left); text author and poet, Ben Tomoluju; and filmmaker, Tunde Kelani during 80th birthday of Osofisan...in Lagos, recently. |
IN 1973, as an 18-year-old Lower Sixth Arts student of Christ's School, Ado-Ekiti, I was privileged to play the lead role, Sanda, in Femi Osofisan's A RESTLESS RUN OF LOCUSTS. The second lead performer was a Class Four student, Miss Toyin Egunjobi (now Mrs. Eriye) who played Iyabo. The play was selected, produced and directed for the school's Drama Society by our Literature graduate teacher, Niyi Osundare and his colleague, Ebenezer Ojo.
