EXHIBITION
No, Façade â Bruce Onobrakpeyaâs ongoing exhibition at Art 21 Gallery (at Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos)â is not just all about challenging aesthetic canons. Hasnât that always been the theme song of the 88-year-oldâs studio practice? Weaned on the âNatural Synthesisâ principle of the Zaria Art Society â a group which he founded with his colleagues at the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology (NCAST) on Friday, October 9, 1959 â the artistâs works have always been known to appropriate local themes and motifs. This is besides their spanning across both conventional and unconventional artistic media.
ART-ICLES
South South Veza looms. For this South South’s inaugural event, kó features a solo presentation by Peju Alatise, one of Africa’s leading female contemporary artists. Through the event, South South (a gallery-led online community, anthology, live resource and aggregator dedicated to art from the so-called Global South and its diaspora) hosts over 50 other galleries “from more than 40 cities spread across 30 countries and five continents” from Tuesday, February 23 to Sunday, March 7.
At kó’s formal launch on Friday, September 25, its visionary founder Kavita Chellaram – hitherto renowned in the Lagos art circles for her trailblazing auction house Arthouse Contemporary and its satellite projects (Arthouse -The Space and Arthouse Foundation) – enthused about her creating “a separate and unique gallery entity”.