Driven by the emotive power of electro-audio rhythms, sound artist Emeka Ogboh speaks with Nana Ocran about his creative processes in the lead up to his ART X Lagos showcase.
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Yohannes Tesfaye: Making his Mark
Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and based in San Diego, USA, Yohannes Tesfaye is a painter whose works are as robust as his work experience, which includes creating illustrations for children’s books
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Ablade Glover: The unsung Heroines of Africa’s Modern Art History
Professor Ablade Glover is a seminal figure of the renowned West African generation of modern artists from the twentieth century.
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Bubu Ogisi and Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu: Play as Creation
Brought together by ART X Lagos and A White Space Creative Agency – the fair’s associated curators of interactive projects – Creative Director Bubu Ogisi and multimedia artist Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu
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Sam Nhlengethwa: Portrayal of the Everyday
Through his large, colorful canvases, Johannesburg-based artist Sam Nhlengethwa asks us to look again and again at individual moments that collectively form a picture of daily life and culture.
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Wangechi Mutu: Alternative Histories and Futures
Born in Kenya, trained at Yale University, and based between Nairobi and New York City, Wangechi Mutu is a visual artist with a multifaceted cultural identity.
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ruby onyinyechi amanze: Place and Placeness
ruby onyinyechi amanze’s drawings are fragments of line and shape, dynamic elements that disperse until they finally converge at a resting point of geometric composition.
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Soji Adesina: Listening Carefully
What does it mean to be African? Who decides what passes or is not African enough? These are the kinds of questions Badagry-born, Lagos-based, Nigerian artist Soji Adesina is interested in exploring
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Data Oruwari and Diana Ejaita: Mapping cultural heritage
Artists Data Oruwari and Diana Ejaita use drawing to respond to the personal yet Diasporic project of culture keeping.
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Tayo Ogunbiyi & ART X Lagos: Art in Life, Life through Art
For the Curated Projects component of the fourth edition of ART X Lagos, Artistic Director Tayo Ogunbiyi invites the participating artists and the public to pause and reflect on the inevitable intersections between art and life.
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