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
