tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42921038980264321062024-03-12T16:51:20.730-07:00CHIAROSCURO ARTWORLDArt, Artists, Events and Issues, Art for sale, Discussions.morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-25901197424961880322023-09-17T13:39:00.000-07:002023-09-17T13:39:33.038-07:00MY ZARIA ODYSSEY AND THE ANGEL OF ZAZZAU <p>“What are you still doing in Lagos?! Come on, prepare your sweat clothes and get ready for the Zaria harmattan. Look, not only are you on the first list, you are also on the merit list. Make sure you come down as fast as you can because registration is about to close.” </p><p>I was privileged to have attended his exhibition – a group show that took place in the impressive foyerof the defunct Continental Merchant Bank, the marble house at Falomo,Ikoyi.It was around 1988/89, and indeed one of the very landmark shows of that era – an all masters exhibition, wherein this very unassuming but intriguing academic from the popular and fecund Zaria art school was one of them. Mr. Jerry Buhari was not the biggest name on show neither was he the most fascinating, but he stood out for me till date. </p><p>Professor Jerry Buhari’s self-effacing carriage as well as his high intellect and unalloyed humaneness stand him out of the madding crowd. He remains one of my most esteemed mentors, and I’m pretty sure for many others. </p><p>After my studies at the Federal College of Education in 1988, I had a brief stint working as a fulltime artist for two odd years. But within that period I also had a strong urge to further hone my skills so I could up my professional studio skills in addition to my pedagogical capacities; and I felt ABU was the place to go, but I knew no one (there); I had never been to northern Nigeria before. My attendance at that epochal show in Ikoyi was really a motivating force for me,but I did not have any serious one-on-one interaction with anyone from ABU – not even Buhari. </p><p>In the year 1990, I applied for Direct Entry of JAMB – seeking admission into the Faculty of Environmental Design (ABU) to study Fine Art. When the results were out I went to JAMB office to check for mine; as I went through the list of faculties and the results from the great ABU my heart pounded so hard I could almost hear it save for the noise from the milling crowd about. “What in the world is really going on here?” As the mind talk ravagedthe callipers of my being, my heart pounded the more, and I was torn between fright and bewilderment: was I unsuccessful, and why? But no! There was not a single result from the department of Fine Art and Industrial Design! Other faculties and departments had their results released; how come there was nothing from the entire department?! I just could not understand. </p><p>As the days passed by despair was setting in. And one day while ruminating over the matter theidea came: write to the university (Jerry Buhari). I put pen to paper; I introduced myself, and told Mr.Buhari that I met him at the landmark exhibition in Ikoyi, and told of my experience at the JAMB office. By merely attaching his name to the Department of Fine Art, ABU, Zaria, it was enough to reach him by post. After about a week plus, to my excitement and amazement I got an urgent reply from Mr. Jerry Buhari. It arrived in just two days after postage because it arrived by Speed post – with an expensive postage stamp - N20.My heart was beginning to pound again; I fidgeted a bit and then neatly opened the white envelope. </p><p>Again, I was caught between ecstasy and wonder. Should I scream and shout or should I quietly sit down to reflect? What a country! “So, this is how I would have lost my place or admission (to the most prestigious art school in the land)”, I pondered aloud. Within this brief period I had had two different correspondences with Mr. Jerry Buhari.Those subtly reprimanding words from the amiable professor were more than soothing to my troubledsoul. It was December of 1990; and the very next day,with my sweater hanging around my neck just in case, I was in an early morning bus off to the ancient city of Zazzau as the natives referred to the old Zaria (empire) in Kaduna State, where my admission letter was waiting for me.If I had known I would have boarded a night bus but alas I was in this gruelling trip to the end of the country. Many hours into the day, the bus made its way through the dusty roads as the evening began to envelope the hazy crimson skies of the savannah. </p><p>I got to Kaduna city and quickly switched over to a mini bus to take me down to Zaria. Midway into this last lap, in my discomfiture I voiced out to the driver: “Please, I’m going to ABU!” Immediately a lady sitting just by my side enquired, “Which of the campuses,” and I responded, “Samaru”, and she said, “Don’t worry, I’m going there myself.” And what a relief that was as I sank back into my seat and felt as light as the evening breeze.At about 9 pm, we both alighted in front of the university main gate, andthe cold wind rushed at me violently. “Go through there and you’d find your way; welcome to ABU”, she said to me with a warm smile as we went our separate ways. I thanked her and stoppedbriefly to put on my sweater. </p><p>As I entered the campus I was accosted by a jovial and friendly fellow, Dansu – a level 400 student; he knew I wasfreshand he took delight in helping me around. He also knew Mr. Jerry Buhari, and even offered to take me to his place in Samuru village the following morning.His breath oozed with strong liquor but I trusted this stranger who offered me a bed space in his hostel room to pass the night.During that dusty and freezing harmattan night, I just managed to catch some sleep, shivering all through till dawn. </p><p>I had to go see this Angel of Zazzau first before any other thing. And so in the morning Dansu took me to Mr.Buhari’s place outside the campus – to greet him and thank him. A simple and amiable fellow, he was very glad to see me and generously counselled me on how to begin to settle in to my studies. As I commenced registration processes proper, I soon discovered to my disbeliefthat not a single admission letter was sent out to successful candidates of the faculty; maybeI was just beginning to understand the country in which I lived. Even after lectures had begun, registration still continued for the next couple of weeks. </p><p>Morgan Nwanguma, 2023</p><p>Lagos</p>morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-89418836221516963722018-02-16T02:50:00.000-08:002018-02-16T02:50:00.367-08:00Creative Convergence: raising issues, harnessing untapped vibes<br />
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in the excess of $500 million from art annually. This opinion as espoused six
years ago by a notable visual art practitioner and researcher, Dr. Joe Musa,
was enough to ignite a heated debate at the maiden conference of creative
artists under the tag name – <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/" target="_blank">Creative Convergence</a>. The creative (visual) art community
reasonably dominated by the fine art practitioners like painters, sculptors,
and designers is the main hub of the noble idea for the birth of this forum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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participants on a methodical journey into the variegated labyrinth of the
(visual) arts. Treading the awesome landscape was not at all a burden as he
dribbled his way through the narrative of modern artistic paradigms – raising
relevant questions that are programmed to set the ball rolling for now, and
even afterwards. What really happens when there is a convergence of thoughts by
<a href="https://www.sabinews.com/creative-convergence-raising-issues-harnessing-untapped-vibes-morgan-nwanguma/" target="_blank">creative artists</a>? Imagine what could come out of a well tailored process of
even simple thoughts or ideas by creative minds engaging to forge a vision for
the New Year? The forum is raising issues that are clearly woven around the
various art genres as veritable tool for social engineering – taking into
cognisance new trends and, or the ‘untapped vibes’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For Mr. Dayo Fagbulu, the artist turned
engineer, so much of the creative potentials remain largely untapped. In fact,
he says, even 500 million dollars a year is meagre an amount compared to the measure
of talents and resources on ground. If properly harnessed Nigeria can easily do
in excess of that amount. “But where are the indices and data with which to
determine this?” he asks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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opportunity to confront the President of the Society of Nigerian Artists, Mr.
Oliver Enwonwu with some seething or vexed issues: What is the fate of
photographers in the scheme of things? Mr. Deji Ajose, himself a painter and a
dedicated man of the lens, wants to know. “Even some photographers themselves
do not seem to understand that they are also artists,” he says. But Enwonwu did
not seem to have done justice to this matter as he diplomatically parried it,
especially as no meaningful stakeholder was willing to take up the gauntlet as
it were. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://oraclenews.ng/creative-convergence-raising-issues-harnessing-untapped-vibes/" target="_blank">Creative Convergence</a> seemed to have pulled off a little more than it bargained
for - in a manner of speaking. The Virtual Hub, being the arena of convergence
saw an impressive turnout of practitioners of the arts coming to grace a round-table
kind of performance. The mystic man, that is the effervescent Jelili Atiku –
arguably Africa’s foremost practitioner of the less-travelled and eccentric
genre called performance art, was on hand to electrify the day. No, Atiku did
not give a public performance of his preferred medium of expression, but rather
his still photo and animated slide presentations as well as scholarly delivery,
was as thrilling as can be. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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engagements while taking a swipe at every exponent of any form of
‘colonisation’ and anyone who detested honest art. He delves unabashedly into
mainstreams - attempting a foray into the philosophy and ontology of the world
art, and the energies that hold sway, but especially swinging from his Yoruba
mythology. “I know you are a very spiritual person, and you are very deep,”
quipped an observer; and the question is: do these white ‘models’ and
contracted co-performers know what they engage in when they accompany Atiku
down that procession that is typically of Yoruba epistemology and traditional
rituals? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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superstition in all of these; or are there far reaching consequences we may
wish to share here? For Atiku, these very curious images border on ancient
rituals that are not fortuitous – “we know how to commune with nature,” he
says. According to him, his major concern is to be a sincere artist; his meat
as it were, is to challenge bad policies such as is typified in his epic
(wedding) <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/" target="_blank">performance</a> enacted at his Ejigbo local community in Lagos. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dilapidated road networks of mud, sewage and garbage, in a political art
performance that was to lampoon the infamous bill earlier sponsored by a
Senator of the Federal Republic, Ahmad Sani Yerima – seeking to make 11 year
old girls marriageable by law! “Instead of members of the hallowed chambers
focusing on how to put the necessary infrastructures in place, they are rather
preoccupied with sex! How dreadful,” Atiku lamented.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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truthful to himself is an issue that we cannot rest on the shelves. But just
how possible is this in a prostrate economy; can the artist really be truthful
to himself in a system so corrupt and treacherous? Looking at the visual art
landscape of Nigeria, Oliver Enwonwu urges that the artist needs to improve on
content no matter the amount of pressure on practitioners to bend to the seductions
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to the dogs. In as much as the general consensus is that government cannot be
expected to provide everything, he believes that still, government has an
inalienable role to play in the whole equation. But Atiku seems to have lost
total confidence in the role of government in the development of art, yet participants
generally opine that government must not in any way shirk its responsibilities.
“I got an invitation to perform at the Venice Biennial but did not have the
means to attend,” Atiku said. Having approached the Lagos State government, and
gone everywhere all to no avail, he took his request abroad. In far away Italy
somebody offered to buy 4 photos of one of his serial performances for 10,000
dollars! And that was it, Atiku made it to Venice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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government to enact enabling policies and laws that fashion the shape of things
to come. And be it government, private or public/private sector initiatives,
the president of the Society of <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/" target="_blank">Nigerian Artists</a> emphasises that the basic
focus especially by government should be on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Museums</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Art fairs</b>, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Heritage sites</b>, etc. Also, he adds that
the place of collectives such as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">studios</b>
and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">galleries</b>, etc. cannot be
overemphasised – they must be given the needed encouragement by government and
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But there is confusion all about us; what
shall we do with it – what with the infamous emigration quagmire that we have
been enmeshed with in recent decades? Mr. Dayo Twanni, a facilitator says
rather that the chaos we find ourselves in defines our common character. “In
the midst of all the chaos we must begin to question every situation as well as
see opportunities,” he says. If we are able to ask the right and genuine
questions, we will certainly come across the right answers to our problems. It
therefore behoves every creative mind to begin to tell their story, and tell it
well too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-41689096865740322892016-12-24T14:02:00.001-08:002016-12-24T14:02:09.869-08:00Art Connoisseurs, Patrons, and the Sammy Olagbaju legacy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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developing culture. A number of factors of course go to inform the flowering of
this culture or the lack of it for that matter. Thus in history of art, art
patronage refers to the support and encouragement that was provided to people
in the arts such as painters, sculptors, musicians, etc, by kings, popes and
wealthy individuals in society. But art appreciation generally is still in its
infancy in our clime as it were. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are key factors that may dictate the downward pace and direction of art
patronage, yet there have been, and still exists a few dedicated indigenous
patrons of the arts that are worthy of celebration. And interestingly they are
not necessarily among the wealthiest in our society. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the qualities that describe the person and character of one the finest art
patrons Nigeria has produced. I first came in close contact with Mr. Sammy
Olagbaju, a renowned Nigerian stockbroker, I think in 1999, when he agreed instantly
- having never heard of me before, to be my special guest of honour at my solo
exhibition which took place at the DIDI Museum in Victoria Island, Lagos. Uncle
Sam, I dare say stands out as a shining example for many unique reasons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On this very first meeting, he regretted that
he was not going to be in town for the opening of my show, but instead humbly
requested to be allowed to have a private viewing before travelling, a request
of course I gladly worked on. I arranged an exclusive viewing for him with the
gallery’s permission before the opening. He asked how he could leave a message
nearby for me since he was travelling almost immediately, and I gave him my
elder brother’s contact as he (my brother) worked somewhere very close to his
then office in Victoria island.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are sterling human qualities, and
collective norms that generally birth lofty societal ethos, and engender
civilisations; they are in the Arts, Architecture, Writing/Literature, etc.
Driving these factors of course calls for ‘patronage’ and encouragement (of
intellectual products). For example, one of the defining characteristics of
Florentine society throughout the centuries is known to be a deep-rooted system
of patronage networks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some of the great minds of the period such as
Michelangelo and Galileo for instance greatly benefitted from this system –
gaining high <a href="http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/features/slideshows/patrons-and-artists-in-late-15th-century-florence.html" target="_blank">patronage</a> from celebrated patrons such as Cosimo de’ Medici and
Marchese del Monte. These creative minds were further enabled in their highly
successful lifelong careers as sculptor/painter, and mathematician, scientist,
inventor respectively, and the rest of them by an organised society which
placed a high premium on intellectual property and creativity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The affable Nigerian gentleman connoisseur
right from the very first impression lived up to his classical performance as a
– friend of the arts and artists, collector of note, a visionary leader, and indeed
an ‘art scholar’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A couple of days after my meeting with Mr.
<a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/market/art-market-news/lagos-collector-plans-private-museum-to-house-1-500-works/" target="_blank">Sammy Olagbaju</a> I called him to acknowledge receipt of the message he dropped
for me, and he responded with much warmth - telling me: “Yes, indeed I was <u>privileged</u>
to speak with your brother who works with KLM and sent the message to him; I
will be back in a fortnight and, congratulations on your forthcoming exhibition…”
He had left a message for me through my brother using a delivery man, and he
sounded as if I was doing him a favour. Now, this is not because it is me, but this
is just the way Mr. Sammy Olagbaju treated everybody and every artist for that
matter – like real human beings. His type of humility, I find very rare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Olagbaju made you feel totally different –
a feeling of self-worth; you felt important. In one of those meetings with
colleagues, chatting and ruminating about the dearth of befitting homes for the
(visual) arts, I lamented the sorry state of the National Arts Theatre in Lagos,
including its immediate surroundings, and the near non-existence of public galleries
or museums of modern (Nigerian) art in the country. Then Uncle Sam consoled me
by saying he had plans in the pipeline.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the affable lover of art and distinguished patron had a perfect strategy to set
up a gallery that will permanently be home to some 1,500 artworks. The gallery
estimated to cost about 3 - 4 million dollars will contain works in his private
collections and more, starting from his earliest collections made from far back
as 1967. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A pioneering leader and founding member of
the Visual Arts Society of Nigeria (VASON), Sammy Olagbaju was an art scholar -
having visited many artists’ studios home and abroad, gone to see works in many
galleries locally and internationally, studied the life of many artists and acquainting
himself thoroughly with art history. About personal <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2012/03/i-remember-gani-odutokun.html" target="_blank">artistic style</a>, Sammy
Olagbaju illustrated by explaining that you can only cut a signature for
yourself by “plodding and plodding” for a good length of time, and consistently
on your way until originality finds you out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And here there is no pun intended, but a good
friend of mine on learning of Olagbaju’s attitude in dealing with artists had
quipped, “This guy must be a white man then...” And that for me speaks volumes
of the nature and ‘simplicity’ of this prominent Nigerian art collector; it is
also a measure of his exposure and orientation. But even at that ...; just
imagine, I still have one of those notes he scribbled and signed as he left a
cheque for me after a transaction some years ago. The <a href="http://www.forevermissed.com/samuel-olagbaju/#about" target="_blank">gentleman</a> impressed me
that much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is definitely not in our character - for
you to purchase an ‘expensive’ piece of merchandise (artwork) and say thank you
to the seller; rather we expect it must always be the other way round. But Mr.
Olagbaju will pay for your artwork with his hard earned money and gleefully
thank you for selling to him. That is the kind of value placement he had for
you and the talent and skills you possess. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Like the Medici family in Italy, Sammy
Olagbaju and his ilks take great interest in the (rebirth of) arts and
learning. The Nigerian society will yet flourish as was the case in <a href="http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/features/slideshows/patrons-and-artists-in-late-15th-century-florence.html" target="_blank">Renaissance Europe</a>, when prominent wealthy people and indeed the state, patronise
intellectual products and treasure their <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2012/03/i-remember-gani-odutokun.html" target="_blank">creators</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-13548717997738443762016-06-17T04:36:00.000-07:002016-06-17T04:36:03.025-07:00Jelili Atiku and the struggle in Ejigbo<div style="line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><i><span style="color: red;">By Molara Wood</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Netherlands Embassy in Lagos opened its doors to members of
the <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/.../issues-in-modern-and-contemporary.%20html" target="_blank">Nigerian arts</a> community recently for a celebration of one of their own, an
artist under siege, in an event designed to send a message, that he is not
alone. Anyone seeing performance artist Jelili Atiku on Friday, April 8, 2016,
would have done a double take. He was resplendent in flowing, sunshine-yellow
agbada traditional attire, topped with an abeti-aja (dog-eared) cap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(L-R) Netherlands Ambassador John Groffen, Jelili Atiku and Fariba Derakhshani of Prince Claus Fund<br /></span></td></tr>
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<a name='more'></a>The
arts community was almost out-numbered by those one might call ‘the Ejigbo
connection’ – from Atiku’s local community in Lagos. They had come out in
force, in matching colours. One occasion when the cultural concept of Aso-Ebi,
devised to show that one is part of a supportive group, truly demonstrated its
meaning.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Octogenarian
Bruce Onobrakpeya led the artists, including: Olu Amoda, Kunle Adeyemi, Uche
James Iroha, Peju Layiwola, Amaize Ojeikere, Mudiare and Ufuoma Onobrakpeya;
and Oliver Enwonwu, President of the <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Society of Nigerian Artists</a> (SNA).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Among
others: curator Sandra Obiago, filmmaker Tunde Kelani, Tunji Sotimirin, Shaibu
Husseini and broadcaster Funke Treasure-Durodola. Acting grand dame Taiwo
Ajai-Lycett made an appearance, before heading off with an all-female ensemble
for an international tour with the stage play, ‘Hear Word!’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Live performance by Jelili Atiku</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8pt;">The
art notables came to show support for <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/.../issues-in-modern-and-contemporary.%20html" target="_blank">Jelili Atiku</a>, a 2015 recipient of the
prestigious Prince Claus Award, who was arrested for his art, not long after
the international recognition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Reinforcing
the principle that ‘culture is a basic need’, the Prince Claus Fund presents
annual awards for outstanding achievements in the culture and development
sectors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
citation notes that, “Jelili Atiku is awarded for creating a new artistic
language combining Yoruba traditional art forms with international performance
practice; for his thought-provoking performances that challenge assumptions and
stimulate dialogue in an unconventional and dynamic form of community
education.” Atiku is described as “an imaginative artist whose provocative spectacles
use striking attire, unsettling body language and unusual props to open up
dialogue and influence popular attitudes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Speaking
of ‘unsettling’, I’ll never forget seeing Atiku at the Second African Regional
Summit for <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Visual Artists</a> (ARESUVA) in Abuja in 2009 – where, in performance as
a man tethered like a goat, the artist went as far as to eat grass. And just in
case you were wondering about the props, in a video clip shown at the soiree,
Atiku says, “I use my body as an instrument in my art… I need to put my
expression in a visual language and it makes me to feel free, like a human
being.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
Award was first presented at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam on December 2, 2015;
and is traditionally re-presented in the laureate’s home country, which was why
we gathered at the embassy. But the event had acquired an even greater
significance, due to a series of unpleasant events which serve to prove that an
artist is not without honour except in his own country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Live performance by Jelili Atiku<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On
January 14, 2016, Jelili Atiku gave a performance, titled, ‘Aragamago Will Rid
This Land of Terrorism’, in Ejigbo. On January 18, he was arrested along with
five associates and slammed in Kirikiri Prison, Lagos. All because Ejigbo’s
traditional ruler saw the <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/.../issues-in-modern-and-contemporary.%20html" target="_blank">performance</a> as a rebuke targeted at his person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To
illustrate how misunderstood Atiku often is, when news of his arrest reached
social media along with a photo of the artist costumed in his ‘Red’ performance
series, one twitter user asked, “Is he a Satanist?” Atiku and his associates
were released on bail on January 20. The initial four-count charge of
conspiring ‘to incite felony to wit public disturbance’ has increased to seven;
and there have been several court appearances. He is due back in court on June
27.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It
was under this cloud that the grand celebration of Jelili Atiku was hosted by
the Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, John Groffen. The event was organized by
the Culture Advocates Caucus, supported by organisations including the Prince
Claus Fund. Formal presentation of the award was by Fariba Derakhshani of the
Fund. And to show that not all traditional rulers feel threatened by artists,
gracing the occasion was HRM Muniru Olatunji Yusuf, Oba of Onigbongbo, Lagos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8pt;">Ambassador
Groffen said, “I am very happy that by awarding Jelili we show in one go and at
the same time: our appreciation of the artist, the acknowledgement of the
importance of art performance and the strongly growing <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">role of Nigeria</a> – and
the impressive metropolis of Lagos – in the field of contemporary art and
culture.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There
were performances including an eerie one on insurgency by Atiku himself. Adeola
Goloba, one of those imprisoned with the artist, introduced his own reading by
saying, “I wrote this poem for Jelili Atiku and the struggle in Ejigbo.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Art
historian Chika Okeke-Agulu wrote of Atiku, “In doing this work, he has faced
tremendous personal risk and has, for years, received little support and
acknowledgement from the <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nigerian art world</a>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“Articulated
Atiku, this is wonderful!” someone cheered, as the artist received his award.
Other artists were encouraged to join him on stage, “to show Atiku he is not
alone,” in the words of emcee Jahman Anikulapo. If the show of support at the
Netherlands Embassy is anything to go by, Jelili Atiku can count on his friends
as he continues the battle for his personal and artistic freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-80233387792070718922016-01-29T04:01:00.002-08:002016-01-29T04:01:34.321-08:00Uche Okeke, Uli Art Movement and the Legacy of Beautiful Lines<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And the legend finally comes
to an end; Professor <a href="http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/uche.htm" target="_blank">Uche Okeke</a> - the great master and pioneer finally goes
home to his maker leaving the ‘sensitive lines’ with us. As the originator of
<a href="http://africanartswithtaj.blogspot.com.ng/2016/01/pioneer-artist-uche-okeke-dies-at-82.html" target="_blank">Ulism</a>, the great son of Okeke worked the lines to frenzy as he ‘doodled’ his
way right from the formative days in the 1950s, to the lofty heights we behold
of him and his rich legacies. It was in the 1950s when as a student in the fine
art department of the Nigerian College of Arts, Science, and Technology (which
later became the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria) that his modernist tendencies
shone clearly whiles he experimented with the motifs and philosophies of his
native Igbo folklore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The avant-garde ‘movement’
was later carried down to Nsukka in eastern Nigeria to perfect the new style at
home from where the <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2010/01/art-schools-and-movements-in-nigeria.html" target="_blank">Uli art style</a> took its mental roots. By the prodigious
deftness of the young Okeke, line art grew from the early experiments to a
crescendo no one imagined. <span style="color: #141823;">And so the ‘Zaria rebel’
took form when he and his student colleagues worked tirelessly from their
non-conformist postulations, and concept of <i>Natural
Synthesis; </i>it was this<i> </i>which
propelled a radical departure from the conventions of the day. Thus the ‘rebels’
began a march that birthed much of the nuances and creative vistas that we
refer today as the different schools and styles, or art movements in Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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took the traditional Igbo body and wall decoration to the (art) schools, and then
to our canvases, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/arts/design/uche-okeke-works-on-paper-1958-1993.html?_r=0" target="_blank">stretched papers</a>, and to the galleries and collections the
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Zaria, <a href="http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=354" target="_blank">Uche Okeke</a>, drew so much inspiration from the stories his mother and
sister told him; he was thus enthralled with the folklore of his native Igbo
background, and with it etched out a unique personal direction. He took this
new found predilection back home to Nsukka and entrenched finally and
propagated the <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2010/01/art-schools-and-movements-in-nigeria.html" target="_blank">Uli movement</a> while advancing the Nsukka style of art in the
1970s. The Uli bug was that infectious as it took firm roots and bore fruits of
adept proponents and adherents even from beyond the rolling hills of Nsukka and
its environs.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Uli giant
is fallen, but the lines keep branching out, and etching out new songs in a
forest of thoughts and kindred spirits. </span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh the big tree is fallen; ‘oke osisi
dachiri uzo’; the great Iroko that stood at the market square is no more! And
now he lies before us, like a pillar gone down - the landmark that towered
Nsukka and beyond the hills. Uche Okeke’s oeuvre encapsulates the whole gamut
of the traditional Igbo women’s art of decoration. The hues of earth colours
and white lines that embellished bodies of traditional folks - prepared for
outings, events, and communal rituals are captured in a new language; these are
the indelible legacies of the master.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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huts and walls of buildings, but this is also fast becoming a dying culture due
to </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">modernisation</span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
Uche Okeke’s landmarks and legacy is that he and his disciples have elevated
and preserved this abstract art form for all times. Nsukka has ever remained a
haven and fertile ground for the preservation and dissemination of the
effervescent Uli spirit owing to the vision and creative verve of the
irrepressible grand master. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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moment for the great lines as we pay our last respects - treading the paths of
Uli, and to Nsukka. And so it is the time of the big masquerades </span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">as Oke Osisi goes home.
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Okeke - the pioneer legend, and master artist was</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the grand exponent and
originator of the Uli movement, and giant of the Nsukka School. Now he draws
the lines no more; </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">sweet repose to the </span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">great Uli master,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> the creative soul of beautiful lines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-57631579930860919482015-12-11T04:37:00.002-08:002015-12-11T04:37:40.218-08:00How to Obtain Healing Through Art <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If art is spiritual as well as mental, which
I think it is, then it follows that <a href="http://www.htta.org/" target="_blank">art therapy</a> is real. But the question is
how can art heal; what kind of art can deliver healing virtues to the one
needing healing? I also want to believe that the mind is a very important tool
or channel of healing for the entire human organism. The use of tranquilisers
and also, especially placebos, are ways that clearly suggest that the mind
affects also the way the body – a physical aspect of the individual reacts to
the call to healing, and bodily repair. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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which is usually administered to a patient as a pacifier, or to the control
group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug. Fact is that so many have
actually accessed healing through this experimental approach to treating
patients in the hospitals. How does this work? It is simply healing from inside
out – working on the mind to heal an ailing human being. There is certainly a
place for art in your ailing (mind), and for your soul and body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of mental life; it is perhaps merely a distant cousin in relation to the
spiritual essence of the same man. My thinking is that we have to understand
that the situation that bugs down the mind and, or spirit, is fundamental to
the state and process of well-being, and even healing for that matter. Even at
the risk of sounding theological, I will say it is also true that everything
that happens in the physical has also already manifested in the spiritual
realm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I will posit that mental art is not
necessarily the art of the mind, but employing the art of mental focusing and
deploying the spirit essence in art, <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2014/11/art-therapy-1.html" target="_blank">healing</a> can actually spring forth for the
‘patient’ patient. This mode of healing is also an art that must be thought.
Thus, one would want to ask - how can an individual obtain healing through the
positive ‘vibrations’ imbued in a specific piece of artwork such as a painting;
how can it deliver healing if one is not properly channelled on how to obtain
this inherent benefit? Or, how can one learn and begin to believe, whichever
one comes first, that even by mere participation in the process of art
production, they can equally be healed or helped?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in which you can obtain healing, or art can serve as </span><a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2014/12/healing-art.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">healing balm</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> or medium,
for not just an individual but also a whole society. Evidences abound on how
the process of art creating as well as the experience of art through appreciation
and contemplation of the message it transmits have been used to effect healing.
We shall be dwelling more on the practical aspects of this wonderful gifts and
tool as we delve further into these beautiful realms next time.</span></div>
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morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-2684015953323279452015-11-19T13:35:00.004-08:002015-11-19T13:35:39.142-08:00Herodotus, History of Our Art, and World Civilisation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If only Herodotus,
the father of history were alive to hear that the Nigerian government sometime
last year deleted as it were, the subject – History from the school curriculum,
he would have cried like a baby for the shame and heartbreak this would have
brought him. But how can any well meaning society or leadership decide to do
that; it simply means you have equally refused to learn from <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2010/03/ikom-stone-monoliths.html" target="_blank">history</a>, and all
to your own peril. This is certainly ill advised, except of course there is
something they are trying to hide from you and I – how sorry. O Herodotus, will
thou still rest in peace at the dawning of this mire and odium oozing from our
time and milieu!?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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further back in time: Who were the Pharaohs; who built the great pyramids of
Egypt? Egypt is said to be the birth place of modern civilisation from which
the entire human race took its cue for further development and advancement. We
are talking about a social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage
of development and organisation. When a society proceeds into an advanced state
of social development it begins to give rise to building of complex legal,
political and religious organisations. Thus with civilisation, the peoples of the
entire world were able to slowly progress from barbarism to civility; they
imbibed the act of showing regard for others and every other positive
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gift to the world – the human race, we would understand better. The <a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/egypt-art/beginners-guide-egypt/a/egyptian-art" target="_blank">art of Egypt</a> is one that has continued to generate worldwide attention and acclaim;
the treasures of Tutankhamen (1358 BC) for instance is one that its richness,
values, interest and mystery can never be exhausted, and they continue to astound
the world. The art and <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2010/03/ikom-stone-monoliths.html" target="_blank">cultures</a> of ancient territories which make up the
present day Nigeria such as Igbo-Ukwu, Benin, <a href="http://hum.lss.wisc.edu/hjdrewal/Nok.html" target="_blank">Nok</a>, Ife, and a few others, are
such that if we know our history well we will fight tooth and nail to preserve
them, and keep this country more united than ever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to be. Imagine a culture – art and civilisation predating and surpassing the
techniques and heights of some of Europe’s accomplishments in those times. I am
talking about an art and cultural practice that <span style="background: white;">appeared
in Northern Nigeria around 1000 BC and vanished under unknown circumstances
around 300 AD in the region of West Africa. </span></span></div>
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technique of iron smelting and fashioning metal long before the Europeans, at
least by 550 BC or even earlier. In fact <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ehret" target="_blank">Christopher Ehret</a>,<b> </b>a distinguished Research Professor at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>University of California
– Los Angeles<span style="background: white;">, has suggested that iron smelting
was independently discovered in the region prior to 1000 BC. The knowledge of
this is what we can straddle upon with pride and reason and build on for future
greatness.</span> The path of history is the way of understanding.<o:p></o:p></div>
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morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-5065595792776026922015-10-08T08:40:00.002-07:002015-10-08T08:40:20.841-07:00Fine Art: Perception, Seeing and Meaning of Aesthetics <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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true that art is ever present with us. In the words of the late sculptor and
art educator, Mr. Sam Majemite: “Look at <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2015/08/fine-art-as-tool-for-societal.html" target="_blank">the whole man-made world</a>, all you see
is art.” There cannot be a better truth. In all my years as a practising artist
and art writer, I have come to a better understanding of the intrinsic values of
(fine) art simply by noticing people’s perception of the world around them. Art
embodies all works having to do with human creativity – works wrought by human
hands; fine art deals with fineness, and even finesse as a concept; it is about
any work requiring specialised skills. But art transcends the physical essence;
art is – romancing with the muse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vinci who rightly stated that “The eye is the window of the soul”; such amazing
thought. It summarises all that art and the artist is about. At this point you
would wonder if art is not a branch of philosophy; well, I think it is. Drawing
inference from the power of conjecture, and how different people tend to
observe differently, seeing and looking become two markedly divergent concepts.
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including the hibiscus that bloomed this morning and at tomorrow’s dusk will be
soon withered; or the destitute, desolate under the bridge in Lagos - come rain,
come shine. The fine art experience helps wake you up to these realities. And
they all lend themselves to the frenetic nay pensive <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2015/08/fine-art-as-tool-for-societal.html" target="_blank">expressions</a> poured on the
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about the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste. And so why does
the artist love to portray such subjects as destitution, hunger and disease; is
there a message in all these? What about ruins and sleepy landscapes, and the
madding crowds, and female nudes, and a violent storm in the slum? But they all
possess one common element – beauty, from the ‘seeing eye’, that is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the masters to drink of their fountains flowing with treasures of insight,
and truths. Here is one of the greatest human beings that ever lived - an
artist who bestrode the Renaissance period. The genius of <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/leonardo-da-vinci-40396" target="_blank">Leonardo da Vinci</a> is
the fact that so much could be rolled into one man, with energy so immense, and
excelling, almost transcending mortals - all owing to the power of ‘vision’, dedication,
and the ability to observe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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master said, “<a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2015/08/fine-art-as-tool-for-societal.html" target="_blank">The artist</a> sees only what others catch a glimpse of”. And I begin
to relive occasions and incidents around me, and it dawned on me: I begin to
fully understand why I tend to see and observe differently too. Aha! Yes, you get
this kind of reactions from the ‘non-initiates’: “So you are an artist, no
wonder …,” and she was changed as if in a mirror darkly, turning from one image
to another, from one colour to another. Florence had seen my paintings once and
exclaimed to her friend – Kiki: “No wonder! And she asked, “So you are actually
a painter?” …”Kiki, you know how artists think …!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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processes; art deepens your emotions and endears you to unique and lofty values.
Obviously the artist sees more and even clearer too. Civilisations that embrace
art are clearly ahead of others. To this effect Leonardo da Vinci once said’
“Learn how to see. Realise that everything connects to everything else”. Very
often I have seen myself in the streets either walking or in the vehicle and I
am the only one looking up, looking at something else. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it is just almost depressing that nobody else is seeing that streak of white
line across the sky even in the glare of the mid day sun and bright blue skies,
trailing a tiny craft sky high. I am the only one that sees a picture that is
hanging incongruously on the wall, and I’m moved to correct it. Is it me or the
art? Somebody says – the Muse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards for
there you have been”. But I am sure I am not the only one in the streets of
Lagos who has tasted flight; and the bearded man from the <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/leonardo-da-vinci-40396" target="_blank">village of Vinci</a>
spoke this even long before mankind knew how to fly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-17845592578541921372015-09-18T08:50:00.003-07:002015-09-22T08:11:24.739-07:00ARTZERO Exhibition: Visual Artists Feast on Thoughts at Alliance Francaise<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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for synergistic activities between <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2015/08/issues-in-contemporary-nigerian-art.html" target="_blank">visual artists</a> and allied stake holders in
the creative community. Thus Mr. Ato Arinze and his crew as spearheads of this
coming together of creative energies have worked resiliently to keep the fire
of this communion alive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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now, <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ARTZERO</a> has endeavoured to pull creative forces together in collaborative
efforts to foster a cross fertilisation of ideas, thoughts and styles. This
vision has also encouraged in no small measure a reawakening in the visual arts,
in that artists who many at times wrongly or rightly may be construed as recluses,
and ungregarious, are given the opportunity to congregate with a common goal in
refreshing atmosphere. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From the time when the forum stepped out to
do the popular ‘art on the mainland’ shows till date, the ARTZERO community
which is actually a roving entity, is at this present moment staging a rich
annual feast in the current art exhibition (12 – 26 Sept, 2015) holding at the
friendly and cosy ambiance of Alliance Francaise in Yaba, Lagos. This
initiative is obviously promoting friendship and harmony among creative
colleagues and people of the arts – artists, writers, collectors, students, etc,
and all hands should be on deck to encourage its continuity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What can one say – but to relish in the
<a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2010/01/art-movements-styles-and-terminologies.html" target="_blank">numerous styles</a>, shades of blackness in both strong and subtle strokes of
<a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">monochromatic</a> rendering – only on paper. More than 52 richly presented pieces
of black colour on white paper expressions were just as if black-only
renditions have never been so put together. This culmination which started out
with the earlier experimentation of workshops and seminars is bound to mature
even further.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2010/01/art-movements-styles-and-terminologies.html" target="_blank">freedom</a> expressed in the various
individual styles gave out an aroma that could only be served in the way and
manner that it came - refreshingly BLACK. Thus putting together a sumptuous
event as is the package under one roof - of the French <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">cultural centre</a>, can only
be in the light and aggregation of spirits kindred, and frolic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com.ng/2015/08/issues-in-contemporary-nigerian-art.html" target="_blank">26 artists</a> that collaborated in this
successful outing thus expressed themselves candidly in variegated dance of
blackness; they came in vibrating strokes, delicate lines, and sombre hues in –
lead or graphite, charcoal, ink, and pastel. In this potpourri is an admixture
of the younger and the elder generations in a harmonious performance – thinking
aloud and vibrantly in line(s) as it were. In the midst of it saw a nostalgic
appearance of <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Moses Osawe</a>, famous cartoonist of <i>Pa Johnson</i> fame in the eighties, and notable painter and art
lecturer, Bernard Onyemaobi, both featuring as guest artists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-58291638713615032452015-08-28T07:46:00.002-07:002015-08-28T07:55:00.466-07:00Fine Art as a Tool for Societal Development, and the Dire Need for a Revival<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The social nay political direction of any given
society will definitely be predicated on the norms and societal values that
guide such a community. But when there is a lack of these, it should not come
as a surprise to anyone why things do not seem to work. Thus there must be a
philosophical direction; there must be certain ideals or national values which
a society must uphold in its quest for national development and sustenance.
These values are not necessarily packaged in any form of written constitution,
but they are qualities and ethical behaviours that the generality of the
society cherish and are avowed to defend. Nigeria, I can say definitely lacks
this for now.</span></em><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolour painting by Morgan Nwanguma</td></tr>
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">In a society whereby it does not matter how you attain
positions and climb the social ladder; in a society where mediocrity and nepotism
is the order of the day; and in a society where ethnic, religious and tribal
leanings are the pre-requisites for decision making and agitations, such a
society is next to a failed society. In a society where primitive acquisition
rules, there cannot be any meaningful progress, justice and genuine peace. My
drift is that there is so much intrinsic <a href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/theatre_s/cp/research/researchthemes/fellowship/" target="_blank">value imbued in art</a> that our society
can tap from for the </span></em><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">upliftment</span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> of the human spirit; it is the lifting of the human essence and spirit
that paves way for genuine cross </span></em><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">fertilisation</span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> of ideas and consequently, the fledgling of creative thoughts for the
building of a greater larger human society.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> I have
always believed that honest leadership begets honest followership; leadership
owes society more responsibility for the pace and tone of development. It is
quality leadership that </span></em><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">galvanises</span></em><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">every other human elements including but not restricted to men of
skill, thought leaders, technocrats and scientists, etc to bringing about
growth and development. But it is in the letters, and it is also in the art of
a people where you are able to find the right ingredients for the flowering of any
great society. Art delivers to society refinement of mind, and the possession
of quality value essence.<o:p></o:p></span></em><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oil painting by Jerry Buhari</td></tr>
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The appreciation of art and the application of it in
everyday walks surely have a lot to do with how any society – ancient or
modern, </span></em><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">crystallises</span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> into that model entity that even we in Nigeria must earnestly yearn
for. But the question is: what kinds of hunger have you; what do you earnestly
yearn for? Obviously there is a dearth of earnest ‘devotees of art’ in our
society, and so students’ enrolment is on the decline; we do not have a good
number of art trainers who are actually called to this profession. The <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/arts-music-curriculum-child-development" target="_blank">quality of tutoring</a> is overtly low and competence has become a scarce commodity in the
Nigerian art pedagogical sphere. Patronage has for long been, and is continuously
</span></em><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">centred</span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> just around a ‘few good men’. The general apathy among the youths, the
parents and potential sponsors, let alone government, has been generally one
that calls for emergency diagnosis.</span></em><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting by Ben Enwonwu</td></tr>
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Professor Jerry Buhari was my lecturer at Ahmmadu
Bello University, Zaria many years ago; he remains one of my mentors, and in
him burns this same passion for the need to change society by the inculcation
of the right values and ideals. He also knows art can be a formidable tool for
social engineering. I want to at this point open up his mind to you so we can
begin to forge ahead on that lane.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">*The following is a write-up by TONY OKUYEME on
some of the thoughts of Professor Jerry Buhari:</span></em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Yes, there is a general drop
in students seeking admission to tertiary institutions to study art in the
country. Some of the reasons that may account for this include: strong
reservation of the discipline from parents, guardians, sponsors and others. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This impact negatively on the
number of students who choose to study the visual arts,” renowned artist, Prof.
Jerry Buhari said. He also said that the quality of competent art teachers is
continuously in the decline across all levels of education.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting by Abayomi Barber</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Added to this, according to
him, is what could be regarded as the general apathy of some of our youths
against education today in general, (rightly or erroneously), because they do
not seem to see how that translates into job opportunities or ability to use the
certificate to create self-employment. “This seeming apathy to education is
further strengthened by the questionable wealth of politicians and certain
individuals whose educational background can be said to be rather vague.
However, <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2010/01/art-schools-and-movements-in-nigeria.html" target="_blank">in Zaria</a>, we do not seem to have problems meeting our quota for
admission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“So we can go back to see
that the poor perception of art generally by our society as an important
subject at both primary and secondary school level of education account for why
even interested students fail to get the opportunity to take the subject. I
have met many graduates at art events who lamented how they lacked opportunity
to study art even at primary school. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Many of them believed that if
they had studied art their worldview would have been richer and that their
<a href="http://www.elegantwoman.org/art-appreciation.html" target="_blank">capacity to appreciate</a> the intangible aspects of life would have been better,”
Buhari said, adding that because of this situation the quality of art teachers
at primary and secondary schools impact negatively at the entrance to tertiary level.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And this has become a
predictable circle. Of course we know that the crisis of education in the
country is a subject for continues debate. “I humbly submit that the quality of
competent art teachers is continuously in the decline across all levels of education.
There are a number of reasons that account for this. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Part of it, at least at the
university level, is the unfortunate perception about the scholarship or what
constitute the scholarship in the visual arts. In my opinion this has dealt a
devastating blow on the morale of the teachers leading many to abandon art
practice almost completely. Some have taken refuge in the theory of art and
have completely stopped practicing. Over time I question the nature and content
of what they would deliver to the students in the studio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What inspiration would they
offer to their students? On the evidence of success in the career of artists
that should have encouraged a change of attitude, we must recognize that
Nigeria is a country that can be said to be stereotypical rather than critical.
Till date “educated” parents are still forcing their children to read courses
that are considered the “main courses” or “real courses” rather than the “soft
courses”. Sadly, authorities and <a href="http://tisch.nyu.edu/art-public-policy" target="_blank">educational policies</a> advance these perceptions
also. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We are therefore witnessing
the cumulative consequences of this myopia. It would be an interesting research
topic if we investigate the extent to which prejudice effect choice of course
and performance among our students. “I recall that as a young man after
graduating as an artist in 1981, I was sent out of a prospective father-in-law’s
house on account that his daughter has brought a prospective fiancé who “draws”
as a future husband.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">US National art gallery, Washington</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">His argument was, how could
he feed his daughter? It would be interesting if we can talk today on that
question. “As a university teacher of over three decades, I have seen the
destructive consequences in the lives of children whose parents, guardians, or
sponsors of students insisted that their wards must read certain courses. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Today, I can only say,
perhaps fairly authoritatively that, it is not what you read that matters but
what you make out of it. For example, the first person that bought a new
four-wheel drive in my university read one of the so-called “soft courses”. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(That is if we want to judge
these things by material acquisition). And, to me this is part of the problem.
Where is the place of passion, where is the place of excellence?” For Prof.
Buhari, government policy towards arts and culture has really not changed in
the last decades, as there is still no working policy for the arts and culture.
“What has government done for the visual arts? Let us take an inventory.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Do we have a working policy?
Can we be made to account for its implementation? Where are artists and
creative people when we formulate strategies for national development? I dare
say that the visual art discipline in tertiary institutions in the country has
the poorest structures and facilities. Some date back to colonial times. In a
global village what can you expect from this situation? So, I think the vibrant
and excellent works that are coming out of the studios of Nigerian artists
should be commended and considered as works of miracle.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“There are many issues
working against art development in Nigeria. We have said earlier that public
perception is one. Governments have often paid lip service to art promotion or
have bluntly declared war on it. In an environment like this, it is no wonder
that you cannot identify a working structure that can be used for sustaining
the visual arts or develop it. A simple example may suffice.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Has it occurred to us that
despite the <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-need-to-reclaim-public-spaces-for.html" target="_blank">rich cultural heritage</a> of this great country, the only national
museum that we have is one bequeathed to us by our colonial masters? The ones
scattered around the country are in deplorable condition. This includes the
staff in these institutions. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Has it occurred to us that
till date <b>we do not have a single befitting National Art gallery</b>? There is no
established grant for artists as can be found in other countries where culture
is considered a major factor in its heritage and national development. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Whatever development you see
in art today is majorly driven by the individual artists themselves, the
private sector and a few individuals who intervene from time to time. I stand
to be corrected.” On the state of art appreciation in Nigeria today, he argues
that it has greatly improved despite the negative atmosphere. “This is not
contradicting my earlier observations.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting by Abayomi Barber</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The truth is Nigerians have
developed alternative structures for survival independent from government. The
increase in private art galleries in response to the absence of government
museums and galleries is one good example. The development of art auction is
another example. The rise in the price of art works sold at exhibitions,
auctions and other forms represent good art appreciation. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Many artists are gradually
choosing to live off their practice. This means that the number of art
collectors is increasing. Not long ago a student of mine came to me to say that
she wants to start collecting art. Many friends of mine are now asking me to
give them one of my art works; this was not the case in the early eighties.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I think that these can be
considered to be sufficient indicators of improved art appreciation. But we are
not there yet. In addition to critical art publications we need art historians
to specialise in the various areas of art practice in order to develop critical
discourse and authority in the discipline.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I can summarise and simplify
the challenges as follows: lack of a structured institutional patronage and
sponsorship that is appropriately funded; lack of good and affordable
exhibition venues; and a lack of creative approach of many artists in
generating alternative ways of creating markets for their work,” Buhari said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-39988904418229107372015-08-14T08:20:00.002-07:002015-08-14T08:20:26.404-07:00Issues in Contemporary Nigerian art – a Book Launch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The much awaited book - ‘</span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Issues in Contemporary
Nigerian art’</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span lang="EN-GB">which
was conceptualised and compiled by the Nigerian Artist, Juliet Ezenwa Maja-Pearce,
was finally brought to birth as artists and art buffs, including the media,
were invited to be part of the unveiling in a colourful public event. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12.05pt;">Thus practitioners of
the arts in various genres made up of mainly the visual artists, writers,
theatre practitioners, photographers, critics, art buffs including renowned
patrons and people from the academia were all there to grace the occasion of
the launch of the book 'Issues in Contemporary Nigerian Art (2000-2010)'
conceived and compiled by Juliet Ezenwa Maja Pearce. The event came up at the
Yemaja Art Gallery under a relaxed airy atmosphere, in Lagos on Saturday, 08
August, 2015. The book launch also included a round</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12.05pt;"> table discussions and debate in an event that
was chaired by Dr. (Mrs.) Peju Layiwola, Head of Department of Creative Arts in
University of Lagos.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The book is introduced
in detail by accomplished artist and scholar – Prof. Dele Jegede, and I think
it is unique in its structure and content. It is a rich compilation of articles
and essays dutifully and beautifully put together in a variety of forms; it comprised
contributions in both artworks and intellectual discourse involving artists,
writers, art patrons, academics, etc. Prominent
players in the industry - too many to mention were all there; apart from the
special guests and speakers, were also <a href="http://ovuomaroro.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya</a> – a renowned
printmaker, Mr. Kolade Osinowo – foremost artist, Mr. Tam Fiofori - ace
photographer, Mr. Oliver Enwonwu – notable art administrator, Bisi Silva – popular
curator, Sam Ovraiti – painter of note, <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2013/02/art-personality-ndidi-dike.html" target="_blank">Ndidi Dike</a> – celebrated sculptor, and
many more. Many were at the launch which saw an impressive turn out of
professionals from all walks of the creative industry in Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With renowned artist, Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya and two colleagues</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12.05pt;">Speakers for the day
were renowned eggheads in the profession; they were Professor Freeborn Odiboh,
historian and lecturer at the University of Benin, and Tobenna Okwuosa, a
lecturer at the Niger Delta University in Bayelsa State. After the formal speeches,
discussions and stimulating debates ensued with reactions and counter reactions
from the floor of members as well as the high table. Notably, Bisi Silva almost
gave a speech as she took everyone on a pensive journey – a panorama of the
roles and impacts of Nigerians in this industry; she argued that Nigerian
artists, writers and administrators have made immense contributions even on the
global stage, stating that they are proudly holding their own, citing examples
of the works and contributions of Okwui Enwezor, <a href="http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/movie/13400/3/nigerian-artist-yinka-shonibare-exhibits-in-london.html" target="_blank">Yinka Shonibare</a> et al.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #141823; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On his part, Tam
Fiofori minced no words in lambasting Nigerians who have gone abroad and have
become self- acclaimed experts and jurors over the lot that is the practice of
art and critical writings emanating from Nigeria. Fiofori thinks these breed of
Nigerians have not helped matters as they stand aloof to pontificate over the
Nigerian, nay African art scene, considering that they are not even very much
in touch with home; he thinks rather that most of them are ‘failed artists’. The
book was critically and well reviewed by Kehinde Adepegba of the Lagos State
Polytechnic, Ikorodu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-73460582991932437262015-07-08T09:06:00.003-07:002015-07-08T09:06:41.108-07:00El Anatsui – Experimental Artist, Sculptor, and a Golden Lifetime of Achievements<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Recently renowned artist and lecturer,
Professor El Anatsui, won the acclaimed Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at
the Venice Biennale. Ghanaian born <a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/el_anatsui/" target="_blank">El Anatsui</a> having worked and lived in
Nigeria for the past 45 years has always been dynamic and outstanding in his
innovative experimentations with especially unconventional materials such as
found or discarded objects.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Professor El Anatsui</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The erudite and restless artist during a
lifetime of teaching in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at the
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has obviously conquered many frontiers and
broken aesthetic and creative bounds. Having worked extensively with wood,
fabrics, ceramics, paint and all manner of found objects - all built into a unique
oeuvre, this sculptor has accumulated a legacy that is legendary including a
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Anatsui" target="_blank">repertoire of shimmering</a> sculptures and, or installations that have toured the
globe in recent times.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Relief work by Anatsui</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">His latest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Anatsui" target="_blank">experimentation</a> which first stunned
the art world was shown also in the 2007 edition of the biennale; it is a
demonstration of the artist’s deep thinking stemming from his awareness and
concern for the environment, the influence of his native Ghanaian fabric
designs, waste to wealth creation, and issues in globalisation as he pieced together
hundreds and perhaps thousands of<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>found
bottle crowns with copper wire. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work by Anatsui</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Three weeks before the commencement of the
just concluded 56th biennale exhibition in Venice, <a href="http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/gawu/" target="_blank">El Anatsui</a> had been
recommended by this year’s curator of the international art exhibition,
Nigerian born </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .75pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Okwui Enwezor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And of course the Anatsui </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">was
well deserving of the honour as the biennale board of directors also deemed him
fit to be adjudged winner of this year’s ‘Golden Lion’ award having considered
the great body of works coming out from the studios of this great artist. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'In the world but don't know the world' by El anatsui</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Considering his achievements and recognition,
the board’s chairman, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .75pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paolo Baratta had described
Anatsui as "perhaps the most significant living African artist working
on the continent today." Baratta acknowledged that the artist had
made immeasurable contributions not just on the fantastic works churned out by
him, but also for his great and positive influence over the years on two
generations of artists while teaching and practicing.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-26462812280140728092015-06-03T08:42:00.001-07:002015-06-03T08:42:24.360-07:00The Body Art of Tattoos: Enter 3D, Optical Illusion and Digital Designs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From time immemorial body art has been with
man; ancient people and tribes had scarification, body paintings and drawings. Scarification
were incisions put on the body; for instance, the men in some African tribes
scarify their faces and bodies as, or for purposes of tribal identification or
rituals, while body paintings and drawings were achieved using earth and plant
dyes or pigments usually for aesthetic reasons. These designs were not
necessarily detailed decorations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elaborate tattoo on the back</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In modern times however, tattoos are still
with us, or have made a comeback mainly as a form of self expression by the
youths majorly, and especially in the urban centres. But wherever else you see tattoos,
it has remained for the same primordial reasons of tribal aesthetics, ritual or
religious and ceremonial purposes, etc. In <a href="http://www.nairaland.com/745651/marvelous-culture-igbos-igboland/14" target="_blank">Igbo traditional settings</a> for
example, the Uli design which is primarily a form of wall decoration, was also
extended to body beautification especially of maidens whom most of the time
were rather scantily dressed with cloth but with heavy adornment of beads. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uli body decoration of the Igbo</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, in the northern or Hausa/Fulani
dominated regions of Nigeria, Lali is a popular body art also especially of the
female folks. Many at times these adornments were put up for one celebration or
ceremony or the other such as virginity rites or wedding preparations of
maidens, etc. All of these and more are tattoos in their rights, and they have
today returned with a rather different swing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But for whatever purposes and intents, tattoo
has always been a form of art or artistic expression. Tattoo today I make bold to say, falls in the
realm of pop art that is in terms of the urban culture and types of artistic expressions
in the various genres of art that we all witness today. The use, to which
tattoos are put among the main proponents of this art, is purely for self
expressions which may be derived from several reasons best known to the ones
who adorn or wear them. Recently </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/02/28/3-d-tattoos-take-over.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Newsweek</span></a> in its publication talked about how the 3D
tattoo fashion has emerged from the realist movement in painting attempting to portray
objects in the most life-like way possible.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samoan body tattoo. Courtesy: www.lotonuu.com</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And so this art form which has assumed a loud
popular culture among a segment of the young population of society, could
actually be talking back at us; they could be making social statements that may
be difficult to decode first hand. Even though <a href="http://wallbervation.com/tattoo-design-ideas/" target="_blank">tattoos</a> are worn for mainly self
expression today, it is also important to note that it is a way of
identification for, and by those whose culture, orientation and ideologies are embedded
in the esoteric. Many critics of this practice strongly believe that some cults,
religious bodies and social groupings of certain kinds have also chosen tattoos
as a way of identifying their members and relating with each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today tattoo has become a fashion fad; it is
a trend that comes with its chock and even appeal though for some. This new
consciousness is a fad that is cutting across even beyond the youth or young
generation. Tattoos are now seen not only in dark <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2010/01/art-movements-styles-and-terminologies.html" target="_blank">monochromatic</a> depictions but
also in multi-coloured pictures of whatever you can just imagine – ranging from
scorpions to spiders, butterflies, the crucifix, scull, love signs, the sun,
and what have you. But tattoos are more expressive and catchy on fair skins,
and so many dark skinned fellows are not relenting in trying to make themselves
a part of this sweeping modern fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intricate 3D digital ink tattoo</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As in everything that is operative in today’s
high tech society, digitisation has caught on also with the <a href="http://www.psfk.com/2015/06/tattoo-art-magazine-practice-tattoo-skills-on-skin-textured-paper.html" target="_blank">tattoo art</a>. And so
the next phase of this form of expression is becoming highly sophisticated; the
artists have enriched their knowledge and are now able to execute highly ‘refined’
and detailed tattoos with intricate features that tend to jump at you from the ‘canvas’
– your skin. They come even with shadows and are definitely three dimensional (3D)
multi-coloured art works wrought with digital technology. In Nigeria today it
is obvious that the renewed tattoo fad certainly makes you take a second look,
but I tell you the latest trend in body ink which is about to hit you will
definitely make you take a third look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So many of course have become apprehensive
about this ‘new’ shock culture as it were, but I guess it is just one of those
things; this tide will eventually one day pass but not before the artists who
create these visuals are done with the exciting 3D ink with which they are able
to create the in-coming phase of irresistible optical illusions. But at this
point I will just say - welcome to the new, unending world of tattoo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-14402901950760716442015-05-25T03:48:00.003-07:002015-05-25T03:48:52.307-07:00‘Raphael under Threat’ as Priceless Painting Buckles Under High Humidity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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priceless paintings produced by the famous <a href="https://plus.google.com/105899516845666807656/posts/Ld3eHiEwos2" target="_blank">Renaissance master Raphael</a>, has
recently come under serious threat of total spoilage due to the fact that the
air-conditioning system in the gallery has become disused.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'The Deposition' by Raphael</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Borghese Gallery in
Rome houses so many important masterpieces and ‘The Deposition’ is one of them.
This particular <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/raphael-41051" target="_blank">painting by Raphael</a> is also one of the worst hit by the adverse
effect of humidity which has seen the work warping, all owing to the fact that
the air-conditioning system in the room has started to malfunction, or is
completely broken down. It is surprising however to observers that the
authorities of the Borghese Gallery have not been able to fix the problematic
cooling system which is needed to preserve the works.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This particular
<a href="http://webneel.com/raphael-paintings" target="_blank">Raphael’s masterpiece</a> – ‘The Deposition’, is a painting done by the artist in
1507; it portrays Jesus Christ being taken down from the cross, and it happens
to be one of the paintings that is worst affected by the weather condition in
the interior of the gallery. Experts also wonder at the fact that all of this
is happening in one of Italy’s most popular museums – the Borghese Gallery, in
Rome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The case with this
particular Raphael painting which is also sometimes referred to as <i>The Entombment</i>, is that it is painted on
a wooden panel and not canvas, which is a more flexible medium or <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2015/03/how-to-prepare-quality-homemade-primer.html" target="_blank">material for painting</a>. The result of the high humidity upon the painting is that it has caused
the work to warp so much so that the inside of the wooden frame is beginning to
expose, and you can also see a bit of the wall behind from the front! And the
danger of this resulting into a permanent damage is beginning to loom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Borghese Gallery in Rome</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sometime back however,
the curators of the museum have been crying out for the attention of the
Italian Cultural authorities concerning the broken down air-conditioning system
but all to no avail. This much was alluded to by Kristina Hermann Fiore, a
former director of the museum who raised the alarm explaining that the hot
weather of the spring season has so affected the paintings housed in the
enclosures of the breath-taking edifice which is the Borghese Gallery in Rome.
This definitely calls for urgent attention in order to forestall a major loss,
and preserve some very important world cultural and artistic heritage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">By Morgan Nwanguma<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-81733349075178353232015-05-15T08:07:00.001-07:002015-05-15T08:07:21.677-07:00$179 million For a Picasso as Painting Shatters Record at Christie’s Auctions<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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twentieth century master is in the news again! An all time record was recently
recorded at the world famous Christie’s at the latest art auction that took
place. This is clearly the highest amount ever </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">realised</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> at any auction of a painting or any form of artwork. Exactly $179.4
million is the record value fetched by Pablo <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso-9440021" target="_blank">Picasso’s masterpiece</a> titled </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Les Femmes
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A telephone bid made by an unidentified buyer was how the artwork was
carted away, beating the last record which had stood since 2013, of the $142.2
million which was paid for the work of Francis Bacon’s triptych “Three Studies
of Lucien Freud”. This was in the month of November, 2013.</span></div>
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painting was the peak of the event on that day. In the same day at the
auctions, an all time bumper sale was also recorded in that some of the world’s
wealthiest people who are chasing scarce masterpieces did not fail to cart away
so much, resulting in the total gross of $706 million worth of art in just one
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An assemblage of artworks spanning a period of over a hundred years of
the Modernist (art) style was put together by the auction-house in an event it
titled “Looking Forward to the Past”. In the words of the auctioneers, this is
certainly a ‘new era …’ for art because a lot of private investor business
moguls, and billionaires from all over the world are in a competitive race and
mood with a biting hunger for acquisition of great masterpieces. This renewed
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thus the <a href="http://www.picasso.com/life.aspx" target="_blank">twentieth century master</a> has continued to lead the pack in
‘fame and wealth’, and proving his mettle as a highly influential figure,
genius and grand master of his art for more than four decades now since living
this world. While the artist was alive and practicing, and even after his
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But I want to ask - what could be the magic or the secret of <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2015/04/pablo-picasso-painter-and-twentieth.html" target="_blank">Picasso’sgreat and unique success?</a> What do you think of this great master of modern art,
and his works; what is your opinion of the block-buster painting - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Les Femmes d’Alger, Version O</i>?</span></div>
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Morgan Nwanguma</span></i></div>
morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-81150507219224256152015-05-04T05:39:00.001-07:002015-05-04T05:39:13.873-07:00Bruce Onobrakpeya – Erudite Nigerian Artist, Scholar and Print-Maker of Many Colours<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He is undoubtedly Nigeria's best-documented
artist; Bruce Onobrakpeya needs very little introduction in art circles both within
and outside of the country. He is indeed a living legend; Bruce Onobrakpeya has
devoted his life to his work, and is today regarded in some quarters as the
main custodian of Urhobo folklore and culture. He never forgets his roots; he
is unapologetically attached to the history, art and culture of the Urhobo
people of South-South Nigeria. He tells their rich history and portrays
unendingly the colourful cultures of his people in his writings, paintings and
of course his major medium of expression – <a href="http://www.modernafricanart.com/bruce-onobrakpeya/" target="_blank">print-making</a>. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bruce Onobrakpeya is a founding member of the
Zaria rebels; they were actually a group of young artists who formed the
nucleus of the art department or the <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2010/01/art-schools-and-movements-in-nigeria.html" target="_blank">Zaria (art) School</a> when the current Ahmadu Bello
University was known as the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology
(NCAST). He is of course also a shining light among the first generation of
academically trained artists who were responsible for the renaissance in
Nigeria’s contemporary art.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was
in the vanguard of the early league with contemporaries such as <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2010/04/ben-enwonwu.html" target="_blank">Ben Enwonwu</a>,
Yusuf Grillo, Uche Okeke, Demas Nwoko, etc. In the course of his academic and
studio exploits, Onobrakpeya had pitched his tent with, and triumphed through
his vision from St. Gregory's College, Lagos, where he headed the fine art
department - teaching, raising and mentoring so many disciples including one of
his popular protégés – David Dale, also an accomplished print-maker. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After a memorable stint in the school which
spanned a period of about thirteen years, he retired fully into his studio –
<a href="http://www.gafraart.com/artists/25-Bruce-Onobrakpeya/works" target="_blank">Ovuomaroro Studios</a> located in Mushin, a suburb of Lagos. Since then he has
continued working assiduously extending his practice and mentoring a host of adherents
through apprenticeship, extensive research, guest lecturing and writing.
Through his various workshops and symposia, Bruce Onobrakpeya has influenced
generations of young artists, and he is today respected and acknowledged as one
of the leading print-makers in the world. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bruce Onobrakpeya, a Nigerian Urhobo
printmaker, painter and sculptor, belongs to the first generation of
contemporary artists having graduated from the Nigerian College of Arts,
Science and Technology (NCAST) presently known as Ahmadu Bello University in
Zaria. Onobrakpeya's training was based on what is popularly described as the
Western illusionistic tradition of representational art. However, many of his
artworks do not reflect his training in Western aesthetics. Instead, they
portray stylistic elements and compositions that mirror traditional African
figural sculpture and decorative arts especially drawing inferences and
inspirations from his native Urhobo cultural background.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plastocast relief work by Onobrakpeya</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1998, Bruce Onobrakpeya pioneered and established
an artistic outfit of a unique nature which holds an annual creative feast of visual
artists of various backgrounds, training and age brackets in his hometown of
Agbarha-Otor. In this annual convergence, artists are challenged with
disciplines and tools that are not their familiar terrains with the aim of
establishing a cross fertilisation of ideas and techniques as well as the
encouragement of modern processes. The popular creative hideaway which is
popularly called the Harmattan workshop (studios) is within a location built by
the renowned print-maker and it comes with in-built chalets.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Harmattan Workshop studios effectively took off, and since then it has
continued to host myriad of artists both Nigerian and international professionals,
to a communion which since then has somewhat become a regular annual event. Thus
the Harmattan Workshops in addition to his numerous body of works including
worldwide collection of paintings, print-making, illustrations and
publications, will forever remain a landmark legacy for the present generation
of artists, scholars and historians, as well as those of many generations to
come. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And so the Harmattan Workshop and
<a href="http://ovuomaroro.blogspot.com/2010/06/recent-works-by-bruce-onobrakpeya.html" target="_blank">Onobrakpeya’s works </a>have continued to draw artists, researchers and curious
minds from all parts of Nigeria and abroad. Bruce Onobrakpeya is involved with
art works and projects that show concern for the environment thus also
excelling himself as an earth campaigner through the ages. Foremost among his
works that tilt towards this direction is the well known series of plastocast
relief works (a style he developed) called the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sahelian Masquerades</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
chapter of his works in print-making which was soon to go on an international
travelling exhibition more than two decades ago saw the artist and his works
touring Europe, America and Southern Africa. Thus Bruce Onobrakpeya has
travelled and exhibited extensively in Nigeria and abroad.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Among art scholars however, Onobrakpeya’s
plastocast relief works which the master himself refers to as print-making,
some arguments had arisen in trying to re-define or classify these works. And
as such wouldn’t you for instance agree that these works of plastocast reliefs
are just another form of low relief sculptures? Also, can Bruce Onobrakpeya be
rightly referred to as a painter as well? Sometimes I see the great master as a
mixed media artist; you may want to agree or disagree. Kindly leave your
opinions and questions in the comment box below.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By Morgan Nwanguma</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It may interest you to know that a lot of
cubism and indeed modern art has been attributed to the contributions of one
man – a genius of the twentieth century, and an artist whose legacy and life of
art in the recent centuries have remained almost unmatched. <a href="http://www.picasso.com/" target="_blank">Pablo Picasso</a> was
born in Spain in 1881, he was an infant genius who was recognised and helped
early in life by his father who was also his teacher. The small Museo de
Picasso is situated in Barcelona; it is a place that is strictly devoted to
housing especially some of Picasso’s early works which also includes even a
range of very realistic casts of ancient sculptures. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pablo Picasso (<i>photo by Herbert List</i>)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As a youngster Picasso was a non conformist
of some sort, and he began frequenting the Barcelona cafes where intellectuals often
gathered. Very soon he went to Paris which is regarded as the capital of art
and familiarised himself thoroughly with the works of masters like Gustave
Courbet, Manet and Toulouse-Lautrec. Their sketchy styles of work inspired him
a great deal; later he was off, and returned to Spain, then to France, then
again to Spain all in the period 1899 – 1904.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Before Pablo Picasso discovered cubism he had
experimented with, and gone through fascinating different styles such as realism,
caricature, the Blue Period and the Rose Period. His blue period for instance ran
from 1901-1904, and featured predominantly a blue palette, and his works then
focussed mainly on depicting the lives of outcasts, prostitutes and beggars. At
this period of his career, he produced some of his first works of sculpture in
this style including a painting piece he did depicting his childhood friend - the
Spanish poet Casagemas, who had committed suicide. And this work is a permanent
collection of Cleveland's Museum of Art, La Vie.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Guernica', painting by Pablo Picasso</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The painting started off as a self portrait
but ended up being that of his late bosom friend. Another popular work of Picasso’s
of this period is the 1903 piece in the Metropolitan which he called ‘The Blind
Man's Meal’. Another example is the very lyrical and mysterious piece housed in
the Toledo Museum of Art titled ‘the haunting Woman with a Crow’ (1903). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Around 1904 Picasso’s palette became brighter
and it reflected the pinks and beiges, light blues, and roses; this was his
Rose Period. He depicted mainly circus players, clowns, and harlequins – all
looking so mute and somewhat inactive. In 1905 Picasso went for a short while
to Holland, and when he came back to Paris his work took a new classical turn
as he featured looming figures of women and men in frontal positions and
fascinating unique profiles akin to early Greek art. And so, he was also highly
influenced by Henri Matisse, and the cartoon-like works of self-taught
"primitive" French painter Henri “Le Douanier” Rousseau. His works
had close resemblance to the flat paintings of ancient Egypt.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Picasso was also influenced seriously by what
he found in ancient Iberian sculptures from Spain, <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-gallery.html" target="_blank">African</a> art and especially
sculptures he encountered in the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro in Paris,
and even from the sculptures of Gauguin. Later in 1907, the year the cubist
style was actually birthed in France, the artist came up with that awesome
piece titled ‘Les Demoiselles d'Avignon’ or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Chicks of Avignon</i>, which is seen at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. And
after he had completed his early cubist pictures in 1916 he then decided to
show this work which had earlier aroused so much public anxiety.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After this period, cubism, a style
characterised by surfaces of geometrical planes, became a popular trend as it soon
became the latest and captivating art movement around the world. And so, almost
every painter of note in Europe and America was at home with this latest style
that dominated the first half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. Cubism as a style
was later to be introduced in New York, America in 1913 in a sensational
exhibition at the midtown armoury.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And now, <a href="http://www.pablopicasso.org/guernica.jsp" target="_blank">Guernica</a>; I think assuredly the most famous
work of Pablo Picasso; the life and works of this artist cannot be complete
without the mention of this mural-sized oil painting on canvas. Guernica is
certainly the most powerful political statement by Picasso; it was indeed a
direct reaction to the Nazi’s devastating casual bombing practice in the Basque
town of Guernica which took place during the Spanish Civil War. This painting
was completed in June, 1937.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In Picasso’s very active, prosperous and long
career, he exploited various mediums and experimented with what I might refer
to as mixed media techniques including trompe l’oeil effects - creating the
illusion of seeing reality; collage, etc. The versatile artist later worked
with the theatre and produced for the Ballet Russe very interesting sets of
costumes as from 1914 towards 1920s when he veered into his opulent classical
renditions with consummate line drawings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He also made a foray briefly into <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2010/01/art-movements-styles-and-terminologies.html" target="_blank">surrealism</a> between 1925 and 1935, and
later returned to Classicism. Pablo Pcasso was an influential and prolific Spanish
artist who lived most of his life in France. He died in the year 1973.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have heard some people actually say Pablo
Picasso was just a smart alec and not really a genius, but what do you yourself
say? Do kindly make your candid opinion known in the comment box below.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By Morgan Nwanguma</span></i></div>
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painting (board) surface is tilted up just a bit, and begin by using your
largest <a href="http://chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2010/04/ben-enwonwu.html" target="_blank">painting</a> brush. But note that if you want to lay an even wash to your
paper or any particular area of the paper, you should firstly dampen the area
with water using a large brush or sponge. And so you can decide to lay an even
wash or a graded wash. Now, load your brush and gently lay it on - sweeping
from the top left of the paper i.e. assuming that you are right handed like me,
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In the process of laying up the
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manufactured coloured or tinted paper.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By Morgan Nwanguma</span></i></div>
morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-86642843980329757922015-04-20T08:19:00.001-07:002015-04-20T08:19:44.463-07:00Landscape Painting and the Guiding Rules of Design, Harmony & Balance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Throughout painting history,
<a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2009/12/making-career-in-art-and-design.html" target="_blank">artists</a> have explored and exploited the landscape as a very important theme for
expression. Landscape which generally means any form of portrayal of the earth
in </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">cognisance</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> of
the natural environment is a classical concept for romantic painters. Usually,
it is either a mere portrayal or composition of nature per se, or an assemblage
of nature with human intervention as regards the land, and or with an attendant
body of water to it like the sea or river, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I like to further describe
landscape painting as the artist’s portrayal of any view of countryside, town,
land and sky, water or even sea, in a panoramic, grandiose, local or intimate
style. In drawing and painting landscapes however, all the elements of design
and the ingredients of composition must be brought to bear because in the final
analysis, no matter how colourful or populated your expression may be, if it
tends to make the viewer overtly uncomfortable, then something must be perhaps
technically wrong with it.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolour painting: (c) Morgan Nwanguma</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thus a sense of balance and
harmony must be enjoyed by anyone who views your landscape painting. There must
be a sense of design which welds your composition in a harmonious and rhythmic
fashion: the plains, rolling hills, the rivers or sea, must correspond with the
sky and the entirety of nature, animals, human beings and structures, while
producing a successful ‘piece of visual enjoyment’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When considering landscapes, I am
forced to bring to mind old masters such as the duo of British greats - JMW
Turner (1775-1851), and John Constable (1776-1837). Turner was an English
<a href="http://metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/99.31" target="_blank">landscape painter</a> whose treatment of light and colour is said to have
influenced the French impressionists. These old masters were outstanding and
eloquent in the use of the two most important mediums of painting i.e. oil and
watercolour. Personally, landscape painting is one of my favourite themes, and
it draws with it and for me nostalgia and romantic sentimentalism. Quaint and
natural landscapes especially of (rural) country sides, and even ruins, are
just it for me, while some artists I know are also able to portray urban and
city landscapes in a manner that will make you just fall in love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sometimes in a bid to show how
much there is about a particular location or subject matter, I find myself dwelling
on a subject or theme over and over again. But this is the reality of artistic attachment
and view on composition because you could actually depict a particular concept
from ten different interpretations or perspectives, and each one will definitely
be distinct from the others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is a well known fact that for
instance, Turner visited the Salisbury Cathedral (England) several times and
gave the world a good number of views of the spire to enjoy; so did he of the
Thames River and the Houses of Parliament, etc.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Venice, from the porch of Madonna della Salute' - Painting by Turner</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In executing landscape paintings,
some other basics such as guiding rules are well worthy of mention here. I
particularly find it exciting discussing landscapes in regards to these guiding
principles and rules because of the nostalgic feelings of my basic art classes
in secondary school, etc. And of course this discipline was upped in full
measure in studio training in art school in later years. Perspective seems to
be the most important of the basic technical skills bothering on the
understanding of drawing, and landscape for that matter. In this wise, you are
being called to higher heights in which foreshortening for instance as a major
trick of composition must be understood and mastered. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Also, landscape <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">painting</a> affords
you the opportunity to encounter and understand more the interplay of the climate
in weather and atmospheric conditions such as – aerial perspective. Thus you
are able to understand with deeper insight the feeling and the sense of
distance and by extension, foreground and back ground, by sheer power of observation.
By this same token, you are able to properly apply your skills to achieve
illusion of space and distance through colour perspective. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For maximum success with your
landscape pictures, I urge you to ensure this discipline while emphasising and
focusing more on the main areas of your composition. For instance, the
foreground should be given less space and details just like the camera already
does for us in ‘professional’ photography, by blurring out the less important
areas and concentrating the more on the main subject matter.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By Morgan Nwanguma</span></i></div>
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morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-11206915744465485692015-04-08T06:40:00.000-07:002015-04-08T06:40:12.414-07:00Defining the Various Forms of Drawing Materials<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There are really quite lots of
drawing materials that are available for you to try out, and I must add that they
are also very affordable compared to say, painting materials like <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-remember-gani-odutokun.html" target="_blank">oil paints</a>
for instance. It is however by plodding and experimenting with these materials
that you will be able to know which one or combination of drawing materials you
will fall in love with, and may wish to eventually adopt at the end of the day.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0OTraAqAG8q1wEl5qX17gJGIgHTSUrRfSzIwKIX9eDFmq4qUHEq4qKdtaUEecvNHMDnwMoRNBKLysBHV6VX7hDWie0vQ0Gze0i4BgMV1J6aazUdCkvp9m0JCKIyIH9Tdz8HoQyETDFY/s1600/Drawing+-+'Biola.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0OTraAqAG8q1wEl5qX17gJGIgHTSUrRfSzIwKIX9eDFmq4qUHEq4qKdtaUEecvNHMDnwMoRNBKLysBHV6VX7hDWie0vQ0Gze0i4BgMV1J6aazUdCkvp9m0JCKIyIH9Tdz8HoQyETDFY/s1600/Drawing+-+'Biola.JPG" height="640" width="475" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'Biola' </i>- pastel drawing by Morgan Nwanguma</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I will further let you know that as a professional artist there is no limiting
the height you can assail even by the sole application of any one or a
combination of some of these materials. Thus you could stand out of the crowd
excelling as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portrait_drawings_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger" target="_blank">draughtsman</a> in say conte renditions, illustration, or in
producing pastel pictures, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The followings are some of the
popular drawing mediums that are available to you either as a student artist,
amateur or professional.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Carbon Pencil</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This is a soft black pencil that
produces texture like that of eighteenth century pencil drawings.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Chalk Pastel</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This medium is a soft stick of
delicate and pale coloured drawing and painting material. It comes in ranges of
pale hues of pigments mixed with chalk. Chalk pastel usually would require
fixing after use; otherwise, framing your drawing behind glass immediately
after use will be called for.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Charcoal</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This medium comes in brittle
sticks of black carbon material. It is a specially prepared residue of burnt
wood; it is only presented in black and usually also needing to be fixed with a
spray of fixative.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Conte</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Conte is the shortened form of
conte chalk; it is usually produced in a square shape stick and also mostly
coloured in brown, sanguine or terra-cotta red, black and white. Conte sticks
are brittle but slightly harder and not powdery like chalk pastel, and will
equally require fixing after you have produced your drawing with it.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Crayon</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Crayons are made of chalk or
pipe-clay; today it is a drawing material that comes in sizeable sticks of
composition wax, and usually intended for use by children.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Oil Pastel</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This is a product of the
<a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2010/04/ben-enwonwu.html" target="_blank">twentieth century</a> in which pigment is bound in a base that contains oil in a
basic range of colours. It is easier to apply than when compared with chalk
pastel, and you can actually build up layers akin to impasto as you work with
the medium.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A charcoal portrait drawing of a man</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pencil</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This medium derives its name from
the Latin word ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">penicillus’, </i>meaning
a drawing or writing instrument usually in a cylindrical and pointed form. But
today pencil has come to mean a black-lead (graphite) drawing or writing
material encased in wood.</span></div>
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(tipped) rod similar to a graphite pencil, also usually encased in wood. Using
Silver point requires specially coated paper, and this method or medium for
drawing was highly favoured by such masters as <a href="http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/durerinfo.shtm" target="_blank">Durer</a> and Holbein (15th and 16th
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thinking is actually an <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">art</a>; it
is a noble past time engaged by men and women of thoughts. Thinking is a great
favourite habit of great minds, men of lofty dreams and ideals. Mind you – I
did not say worrying, in that from the very surface of things, worrying and
thinking may seem like one and the same, but you and I very well know deep down
that there is a big difference. And sometimes too, there may just be a thin
line separating the two concepts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Great men, including great minds
of the arts solve problems pertaining to their preoccupations and would-be
issues of everyday life by thinking through issues. But worrying leads rather
to an increased blood pressure tending to escalate the already bad situations.
And this brings me to the issue and famous figure of ‘The Thinker’ – a universal
image and symbol of a man in deep contemplative mood. I am referring to the
work of the famous French sculptor, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), who in his life
time produced a great number of iconic images of which the most famous is ‘The
Thinker’. He was highly noted and respected for the way he rendered human forms
in whatever medium or style he chose to execute his works – clay, bronze, or stone,
etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is an established fact however
that the habit of meditation which is a positive aspect of deep thought is the
basis for all real knowledge. It is thinkers that brought about revolutions
that have turned around societies for eternal good; it has been the one
instrumentality - the positive act that led to the building of empires and
civilisations. Great thoughts gave birth to the huge industrial developments, <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2009/12/making-career-in-art-and-design.html" target="_blank">designs</a>,
and inventions we have seen, heard and read about throughout the ages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But what about Rodin‘s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin" target="_blank">‘The Thinker’</a>
– one of the world’s most </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">recognised</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> pieces of sculpture? I sometimes wonder if he is in a
deep worry or contemplation. Is this man engaged in constructive, positive
thought or a destructive one; is he worrying, is he a disturbed man? Sometimes
I just wonder also, what could have occupied the mind of Auguste Rodin who is
regarded as the progenitor of modern sculpture, as he set out to execute this highly
acclaimed masterpiece of sculpture, this fantastic picture of reflection, and
mood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This artist was highly criticized
during his time for not conforming to the styles of the period, but he rather
stood his ground. He was not ‘obedient’ to the sculpture figure tradition of
decorativeness, or conventions of allegory, mythology, etc. Could Rodin be
using his masterpiece to expound and espouse the resounding import of deep
positive thoughts and contemplation; could it be that he was in fact showing to
the world what held sway in his own private and transient world, in subtle
rebellion?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Colour is a sensitive aspect of
painting; the psychology of colour makes you to understand that it is not just
enough to apply colour to a drawing, but it calls for a sensitive mind to
understand and use colours; this of course comes from training and a
considerable period of practice. In fact during the course of training I came
to understand why the artist is completely cut out from the rest of society. I
have come to understand why the artist may appear even strange in the eyes of
everyone else; it is in the same vein that the artist to my mind is the most
observant of all ‘species’ of human beings. The artist is very sensitive to
everything. As a matter of fact, I tend to notice everything that has to do
with colour (harmony) and balance, be it in art or architecture, fashion,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colour palette - coutesy: www.photo-dictionary.com</td></tr>
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sensitivity is freely encountered in the fleeting and permanent dialogues that
ensue when pigments of various hues interact on the various mediums of
expression in art and design, including also interior decoration and industrial
design as well, etc. It is the nature of colours to react either harmoniously
or otherwise in the course of mixing and eventual final application. Thus
complementary colours will always blend and give you a sense of harmony and
calmness. But when colours do not seem to match, they immediately will arouse a
feeling of disharmony, riot or uneasiness and, what have you? Thus a
combination of brown of umber, and ochre will readily blend into a calm earthy
mood; but try juxtaposing a brilliant red with cadmium yellow, it is not exactly
very complementary if you are out in search of true harmony. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In painting for instance, my
lecturer then, the late Gani Oduntokun always referred to how a flicker of
orange brought home a sense of harmony and calmness when it is applied side by
side or superimposed on a deep blue surface. It is just almost magical how
these colours tend to behave – I mean they actually almost become animated as
foreign colours and reflected (light) colours are employed in a dramatic
<a href="http://www.incredibleart.org/lessons/middle/color2.htm" target="_blank">interplay</a> on canvas for instance. This is what distinguishes the work of the
professional from the rest; a trait that tends to reveal a thorough
understanding of the behaviour of colours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Flatness and rawness of colour in
painting are eliminated by the careful understanding and application of these
principles. This is what gives life and beauty to art, fashion design, interior
decoration, graphics, etc.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'The storm on the sea of Galilee' by Rembrandt</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In choosing to apply colours
however, a lot of factors come together to inform the choice of the artist or
designer. So much of this could be temperamental – that is mood, or even philosophy,
beliefs and even colour temperature of coolth and warmth, and personal attachment
that may be yet hard to explain. My colleagues for a long time most often have
continued to refer to me as ‘Mr. Blue’, and even going as far as identifying a
particular hue of blue that is always present in my painting as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">morgan blue</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As a result I sometimes deliberately
restrict myself by keeping the blues far away from my palette. But whenever I
am not looking, there you are – it jumps into my canvas again. Rembrandt was
all his life addicted to exploring the handling of light and shade which we
call chiaroscuro, while Kolade Oshinowo seems tied to the browns and earth
colours; Pita Ohiwere is a stickler for pastel colours of blues and pinks. Yet
we cannot simply explain this phenomenon of how <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2010/01/art-schools-and-movements-in-nigeria.html" target="_blank">colours and artists</a> nay people
relate specifically. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By Morgan Nwanguma</span></i></div>
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actually concerning what to use as support or surface for your oil painting. By this I
mean you could paint on any surface that has been well treated for the purpose
of painting on, and these supports may range from very cheap paper to wood, and
to expensive canvas. The bottom line is that the surface must be well treated
or <a href="http://www.outlook8studio.com/2014/01/16/homemade-gesso-primer-for-canvas-or-paper/" target="_blank">prepared</a> before you set out to paint. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Quality Control</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The point in all of these is that
you make sure the oil from your oil paint is not sucked up by the surface; you
do not want to see the oil from your pigment sinking to the back of your
support and leaving the pigment flaking off or looking like chalk afterwards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Another important thing you must
guard against is that if your painting surface is not well primed or prepared,
you are likely to end up having your painting cracking in no distant time. You
must make sure to avoid this because it could lead to a very big embarrassment
and also able to badly soil your reputation as an artist. How will you feel if
perhaps you have just produced what you term as a masterpiece and before long
you or even worse still, your patron reports that he has observed crackles in
your painting which he just bought the previous year?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Every practicing artist I dare
say, will be damned to see this happen to him or her; it will be most unethical
and unacceptable for a <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-remember-gani-odutokun.html" target="_blank">professional</a>. To avoid this sort of embarrassment I will
now take you through a simple process of priming or preparing your canvas that
you could undertake at home, in your studio by yourself. But if you can afford
to buy the ready primed canvas from your art store, good for you, yet this is a
skill every (professional) artist ought to know right from art school.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Preparing your homemade canvas</span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Select a good cotton or linen material, one that is tightly knit
and not too light; certain materials are specifically designed for this or
related purpose. The material can be smooth or coarse if you like -
depending on the effect you want to achieve at the end of the day. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Stretch your canvas on your stretcher tightly until you arrive at a
taut, almost drum-like firmness.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Apply your primer to your stretched surface - which for this
purpose could just compose only of slightly diluted white glue. Allow to
dry and repeat the application once or twice just ensuring that the pores
of the fabric material are well covered and lets in no light when you hold
it up against the light. Just remember you are only able to assess this
when the material is dried out. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Depending on the nature of your fabric and how you want your
support to look like; if it appears very rough after the application of
diluted white glue, you could use a smooth sandpaper to reduce the coarse
appearance of your canvas before applying the last layer (which should be
of diluted white enamel paint).</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then prepare also a diluted small quantity of enamel white or
quality (white) gloss paint, and lightly apply to your already dried out
surface. Leave to dry for at least about twelve hours, and there you have
your support. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By the time you are able to
master the basic rules and quality control, you could then begin to exploit
your artistic license to experiment with effects, inculcating additives into
the <a href="https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A0LEVvyJSQhVQT0A7TYPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsa3ZzMnBvBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw--?p=homemade+canvas+primer&tnr=21&vid=5B5E61D5825E78E3F3705B5E61D5825E78E3F370&l=170&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DUN.607990107727463967%26pid%3D15.1&sigi=11r8r3hi1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_ZVex4QJ6d4&sigr=11bmr96af&tt=b&tit=DIY%3A+How+to+prime+your+canvas&sigt=10tsa2jsh&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dhome%2Bmade%2Bcanvas%2Bprimer%26type%3Dds_107_476%26param1%3Dsid%253D476%253Aaid%253D107%253Aver%253D15511%253Atm%253D563%253Asrc%253Dds%253Alng%253Den%253Aitype%253Da%253Auip%253D702300676%26hsimp%3Dyhs-default%26hspart%3Daztec%26ei%3DUTF-8&sigb=16vgf46gd&hspart=aztec&hsimp=yhs-default" target="_blank">preparation of your primer and supports</a>, and express yourself the way you feel.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By Morgan Nwanguma</span></i></div>
morgan nwangumahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237052403813101249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4292103898026432106.post-88051976066115055702015-03-12T14:24:00.001-07:002015-03-12T14:24:24.909-07:00Preparations for Painting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A couple of years back I was in a
gallery and the owner of the place, as he was selecting a few of my canvas
works began conferring with me: He asked “Morgan, please how can I be sure that
these paintings would last for a long time, at least enough time for me to have
fully enjoyed them?” I was very curious to know why he had asked because he had
had amongst his numerous collections a few of my older works that are still in
great condition, even while I assured him of the durability of the paintings,
he just could not stop expressing his worries as he continued to point at some
works he had dug up from a certain heap of collections from the adjoining room.
I enquired to know why he was so concerned at this time.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBMzBUu3MjWzsw9h83X3fX5Iul6lR-0kEGzn2l7aV0DaaklLhORHaaJ-_zazbE-DrkszVjHWC08zzJj4xZFQhJUvq_K1tXJve1KQigmhoBxuiV5ZzLmhD5imirw2aH9FI6VVtBbNuWpA/s1600/Kitchen+fresh.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBMzBUu3MjWzsw9h83X3fX5Iul6lR-0kEGzn2l7aV0DaaklLhORHaaJ-_zazbE-DrkszVjHWC08zzJj4xZFQhJUvq_K1tXJve1KQigmhoBxuiV5ZzLmhD5imirw2aH9FI6VVtBbNuWpA/s1600/Kitchen+fresh.JPG" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'Kitchen fresh'</i> oil on canvas by Morgan Nwanguma</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My dear collector responded: “I
am not actually referring to your paintings per se, but I am worried about
every other new collection I take into my gallery”. He continued: “Just a week
ago I searched out among some of my favourite collections, a canvas from one of
the younger artists, but to my greatest disappointment, the painting that is
not up to two years of age was already peeling off!” He wanted to know why so
many paintings today hardly stand the test of time, adding that so many
paintings that were executed centuries ago are still hanging in galleries
abroad especially in Europe and America, and still looking very healthy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To cut short the story of our
conversation, I had to allay his fears and explained to him what I thought was the
problem. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">You see, I find so many faults in
the curriculum, or should I say – it could just be laxity on the part of the
lecturers who perhaps are too lazy if not selfish, to impart the right
knowledge to their students. Some people, including lecturers, frown at the
idea of staging practical demonstrations before their class for fear of leading
the class towards being one directional in their approach to practicing their
art, say for instance - painting. The argument is that when they (lecturers) do
this, the students will not be able to chart their own personal course or
style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To a great extent I do share this
sentiment, but I feel it should never apply in the technical aspect of teaching/learning
studio practice such as preparing a canvas for painting; same as the problem of
introducing the student artist to, and equipping him with an understanding of
the business of art as he prepares to go face the world. As I later explained
to my collector, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the point is that so
many of the products of the art schools especially in recent years have not
been thought, and they are not actually being put through <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">on how to prepare a canvas ready for painting</b> for instance. And so
what do we get? Students come out of art training and venture straight into
commercial (money making) pursuits without having cut their teeth or honed
their skills even in a simple but crucial act such as canvas preparation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I was proud to boast to my friend
how the late <a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gani Odutokun</a>, my lecturer, was always on hand, demonstrating and
putting my class through on how to prepare a good canvas for oil painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was taken as another aspect of the
painting class; it is a skill to be taught and learned before ever venturing
onto the next stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Next I shall be writing detailed
facts on the traditional ways of treating and preparing surfaces for painting
such as canvas and watercolour paper.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By Morgan Nwanguma</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Culled from
an essay titled ‘Yesteryears</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Reflections through the Lenses<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’ by the same author and published in The UNION Newspaper on March 2,
2014.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An admixture of colour and Black/White images brought
alive from times past, was the tone set in the ever friendly ambiance of the
<a href="http://www.chiaroscuroartworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">National Museum (Lagos)</a> exhibition hall, where the Photographer, Segun Taylor
poured out her feelings in thematic visual offerings.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes
her sojourns in foreign lands brought against the backdrop of her Nigerian
experience, has indeed welled up a unique energy in her sobering reminiscences.
This makes one able to draw inferences for constructive comparisons regarding
the various and diverse cultures and environments from which she has freely
tapped inspirations for her works. Sometimes also, her experiences have tended
to bring about eloquent conversations and dialogues relating to the realities and
challenges of a festering social milieu.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Segun
Taylor captures especially the variegated, albeit predominantly sombre sights
and sounds of both modern and even ‘yesteryears’ Nigeria. She does not mince
words in her predilection for capturing the need for a social rebirth. Her
lenses have traversed and travailed across the vast landscape – like a woman
with child; she groans and bears our collective pains rising from her tripod. From
the rustic landscapes, to the rural and even sub-urban reflections of poverty
and squalor, to the picturesque country, and down to the city hustle and
bustle, this artiste draws visuals bearing so many tales too much for a writer
to put down.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">None
of the <a href="http://www.lagosphotofestival.com/" target="_blank">photographs on display</a> have a title, neither is any dated -
intentionally so; for doing otherwise Segun reckons will only go to restrict and
diminish the interpretation as well as the ongoing conversations: How could an
impoverished haggard looking old guy sitting in front of his lonely thatched
mud hut tucked away in a rural wilderness be calm and smiling at you? The
wardrobe of rags and litter hang right there in your face, and his kitchen all
bare with sooth and burnt soup, and he smiles at you still; he is not afraid
for himself or anything, not even for the little kid who stands by, looking on –
talk about he that is already down. Is this contentment or insanity, when ravenous
politicians are still killing each other over the next elections? There must be
a lesson to take away from all these. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
contrast of some sort, another picture which by reason of happenstance perhaps
hangs on the opposite side of the hall: Melancholy is the story of this one;
this young man sits with his back against the wall – perhaps pushed against the
wall too. We all should therefore fear for what can result from his frustration
later because all hope seems lost – empty plates strewn around as two kids at
the fore ground gaily prepare (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">elubo</i>)
yam flour for the family oblivious of what tomorrow may hold. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What
message can you draw from a squalid settlement set against a set of high rise
blocks of flats in a high brow residential neighbourhood? This I guess was in
the (old) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bar Beach</i> on exclusive Victoria
Island. Why was it rendered in black and white; is it not a reality of our
social contrasts, the truth of our horrendous <a href="http://www.justinngphoto.com/" target="_blank">socio-cultural duality</a>? This same
quagmire hunts all of us in our brazen urge to make ends meet while neglecting
every sense of order; and the failure of state generally. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cobbler</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fuel
crisis, an ever recurring decimal in our jagged polity, hits the city and
students all disembark from their bus and begin to push in the suffocating heat
of the mid-day sun, amidst bustling Lagos, a vehicle marked Lagos State
University Students’ Union Government. Some other time, it may as well be on
the popular <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Apongbon Bridge</i> in
contrasting black and white, another exodus-like movement in the heart of
Lagos, be it night or day, the sleepless mass of scrounging folks continue to
trudge.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But
is Eldorado in sight; will we ever get to the <a href="http://photographybyobi.co.uk/" target="_blank">Promised Land</a>? Segun Taylor seems
to be hopeful – after all it is not a common sight to see cat and dog playing.
At least twice I saw it! I completely share the author’s sentiments and
philosophy in the power of the good old traditional black and white medium of
expression with which she conveyed most of her encounters by lens, but I still
think that those memorable pieces ought to have titles for better
identification and documentation. Also, they could have been better presented
if mounted before hitting the frames or going behind the glass.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By Morgan Nwanguma</span></i></div>
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