Veiled Silence: Oladapo’s journey for self-discovery
By Osa Mbonu-Amadi Visual artist and fine art photographer, Oluwadamilola Abidemi Oladapo interrogates the woman behind the face in her work, Veiled Silence: The Beauty of Becoming. The series is a collection of evocative images that metaphorically represent identity, highlighting the importance of realising one’s worth through introspection and commitment to change. In order to […]
How art and culture echoed at AKWAABA 2017
Lagos, the city of cultural splendor, centre of art and hospitality, played host to African Travel Market fair tagged AKWAABA ’17.
Art, artists and Nigeria @ 57
What are the roles of art and artists in the struggle for freedom, justice and emancipation of a people from dictatorship? “Art and artists have always been in the vanguard of the struggle,” answers Dr. Kunle Adeyemi, Dean, School of Art, Design & Printing, Yaba College of Technology.
The world looks up to Kaduna for a grand NAFEST
Malam Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna State governor, has high regards for arts and culture. He believes that “arts and culture form the core values of people’s being and the essence of their existence.”
Ascension: visual contest of nudity and subtlety
Mydrim Gallery in Ikoyi, recently played host to two prolific painters, Wallace Ejo and Jefferson Jonahan, products of Yaba College of Technology and Auchi Polytechnic respectively in an art exhibition tagged ‘Ascension”. It is a creative journey of two painters in a stunning juxtaposition of raw and real rendition that runs from September 22 to October 6.
Artists celebrate Bruce Onobrakpeya & Kunle Filani
iIt was an exhibition, not of artworks, but of some old generation of artists and founders of Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA), when T.A Fasuyi in association with SNA, last Friday celebrated Professor Bruce Onobrakpeya at 85 and Dr. Kunle Filani at 60.
