Contemporary Nigerian Art

Ben Enwonwu Sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II

1950's Installed in front of the Nigerian Parliament

Georgina Beier Untitled, Linocut

1960 Horse and horse-rider

Uche Okeke Land of the dead Ana Mmuo

1961 Geometric but using organic, irregular forms Draws from Uli patterns Dominated by red with and warm colors Black line drawings on top-some represent figures

Obiora Udechukwu Silent Faces at Crossroad

1967 Oil on Board

Obiora Udechukwu The only son

1968 Oil on Board

Susanne Wenger Untitled, Batik

1970's Synthetic dyes on cotton Size of the head, three eyes

Tayo Adenaike What the Eye saw Through the Tablet

1994 watercolor on paper

Kolade Oshinowo One man band

2005 Acrylic on canvas

Demas Nwoko Figure

Terracotta 1967-8 References Nok in the eyes and nose Sandals and toga Sandals and toga reference Greco-roman art Fabric is simplified using rolls of clay, which comes from Nok culture where physical figures are softened Part of Zaria Art Society

Bruce Onobrakpeya Have you Heard

Oil on canvas 1959 Elements of European art >No emotional proportion African >Indigo african art >Body painting >Gossiping

Akinola Lasekan Moremi

Oil on canvas During Clan wars, "land pirates" would raid villages dressed as monsters Moremi willingly went into captivity and married the leader of the clan, then escaped and told villages the truth Known for celebrating female heros

Ben Enwonwu African Dances

Oil on canvas, 1987 Made many paintings such as this one Began in 1949 He returned to such imagery because of Pan-African ideals, African art students converged to celebrate their African identity. Figurative painting that seeks to present the image clearly from European perspectives and proportion >>However, he has integrated decorative African motifs and subject matter

Obiora Udechukwu Tycoon and Stevedores

Oil on canvas, 1989

Rufus Ogundele Market women

Oil on canvas, 1994 Very bold lines to envelop figures in this work, sometimes black lines

Muraina Oyelami Village scene

Oil on paper Background color shows through with intent of houses appearing transparent

Twin Seven Seven (chief taiwo olaniyi) Ghost bird

Pen and ink 1967 Bird with human head Twin seven seven was an itinerant medicine man and salesman who sold his wears by performing and creating a spectacle Took part in the Osogbo workshops

Bruce Onobrakpeya Leopard in a cornfield

2012 Metaphor for power of a ruler Cornstalks, bird imagery Western aesthetics - color Linocut 1965 Onobrakpeya was a high school art teacher Today he is one of the most prominent contemporary Nigerian artists Part of the Zaria Art Society

Dele Jegede Niger Delta Militancy

Acrylic on Canvas 2010

Dele Jegede Kwanzaa

Acrylic on canvas

Dele Jegede Bring back our girls: Sheer Anguish

Acrylic on canvas, 2016

Jimoh Buraimoh Owl

Beads and oil on board, 1994 Buraimoh comes from a long heritage of bead artists, but works differently from the traditional practice Uses beads on canvas Buraimoh worked as an electrician for the theater company and participated in the Osogbo workshop

Adebisi Akanji Untitled - scene from a petrol station

Cement sculpture, n.d.

Obiora Udechukwu Enter the chameleon

Etching on paper, 1986 Satirizes military director of Nigeria

Ben Enwonwu Anyanwu

Goddess of Sun Bronze, 1954-55 Celebrates African women, femininity, grace and beauty. Installed in front of national museum in Lagos, Nigeria Replica made for the UN headquarters in NY The headdress >>Mother of the queen, Benin

Demas Nwoko Children on Cycles

Oil on board, 1961 Geometric shapes: circles, triangles, and rectangles Part of Zaria Art Society

Uche Okeke Crescent moon

Linocut 1974 Inspired by uli art Such art is usually found on shrine walls and human bodies, which are painted by women Palette is very limited Oke was responsible for popularizing Uli in contemporary art His mother practiced Uli painting Okeke graduated the Zaria school of art Worked as the head of the art department at university in Nigeria

Obiora Udechukwu Writing in the sky

Linocut print, 1991

Adebisi Fabunmi Osogbo

Linocut, 1966 Lion Approach Tried to fill all space with image Both geometric and organic shapes

Gani Odutokun Dubar: Emir's procession

Oil on Board

Shina Yusuff Kano Dye Pits

Oil on Board

Oseloka Osadebe Lunch at the Park

Oil on Board 1961

Uche Okeke Christ

Oil on Board 1961 Yellow, white, and blue Figure is geometricized and sculptural Colors are simple but have tonality

Georgina Beier Untitled (25 panels)

Oil on Board, 1985 Tie dye fabric known as Adire Polyrhythms Designs are never exactly the same Blue color Osogbo workshop

Barrister, Aina Onabolu

Oil on Canvas 1920's Shows the beginning of modernist art First academically trained African artist He established himself as the formal painter of the elites in Nigeria

Yusuf Grillo Two Friends

Oil on Canvas 1965 Colors are emotional The women are wearing similar fabrics as an expression of friendship and solidarity

Jimoh Akolo Four Female FIgures

Oil on board 1961 Human subjects are organic, background and shadows are geometric All wearing long blue skirts except one woman Depicts a social gathering

Akinola Lasekan Ogedengbe of Ilesa in the Kiriji War

Oil on board, 1957 Celebrating historical events War general who played a prominent role in Nigerian civil wars >>1835-1886 Done in the style of Napoleon painting by Jacques-Louis David

Lamidi Fakeye Flight into Egypt

Wood, 20th century Portrays African Aesthetics So that converts would relate to the figures Mary and Joseph depicted as Yoruba people >>Emotional proportion, 1:4 >>The clothing >>The features >>Socio proportion Figures are bigger than the horse Created at the Oye-Ekiti workshop

George Bamidele Baptismal Font

Wood, 20th century Refer to Ogboni Drum as a precedent Typically used for Ogboni meetings Central face + women propping up the drum as the legs Was the template for what he built for the Catholic institution Had Yoruba motifs Image of christ replaces the central face Female caryatids Replaced with birds = spirit of god Created at the Oye-Ekiti workshop Neo Traditional experimentation

Lamidi Fakeye Christmas Crib Set

Woods, beads, pigment Africanized Emotional proportion Bird motif Traditionally, headdress has one cone, but this stature has three (holy trinity) Created at the Oye-Ekiti workshop

Dele Jegede Black lives matter

acrylic on canvas 2018

Agbo Folarin Faces at the conference

welded steel 1977