Art for a Reason, Africa

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We are passionate about supporting & promoting Art projects/initiatives.

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

One of my greatest regrets in life was letting the teachers in my secondary school convince us that Art class was for dullards and science class for the smartest students. I was excellent at debates, loved words and really wanted to be lawyer but they wouldn’t let me.

They made that choice for me before I understood what it meant. I’m pretty sure this was a moment that altered the trajectory of the lives of so many Nigerian kids.

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Time of Redeemer by Onyema Offoedu Okeke, a symbolic #ArtExhibition that reflects on Nigeria's journey through power, identity, and the search for true leadership.

Video Feature produced by @Chief_ARTvocate for Art for a Reason & @TheArtistLadder

https://t.co/ToB3lAgl9U

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"AN ODE TO ỌDẸ", an art exhibition of works by 8 Artists, curated by Gabriella Johannisson Gonzalez, beautifully weaves themes of childhood, perception, & human experience.

Blessing Azubike (@Chief_ARTvocate) in conversation with the Curator.
https://t.co/nCixhQuEf1

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#performance James Notin's 'Òmùgọ̀ ta omi ní kóko' at The Treehouse Lagos.
Positioning humans as water, a migratory yet fixed being, the performance 'Òmùgọ̀ ta’mi n’kókó' is an abstracted conversation on the rigidity & disservice to self that [Read on]
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Dear #Artist, your progress matters, no matter your pace. Keep going.

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... presentation of paintings, prints and photography set around Abuja-based Nigerian-Sri Lankan, Imal Silva, and his life as an Artist and Gallerist from the year 2000 till 2012 when he moved to Abuja.
Watch video here https://t.co/PAp9dkvpGV

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‘The SILVA Lining’, a retrospective exhibition of the life and work of Imal Silva, from his years in the city of Ibadan, opened on December 18, 2022 at the new TECH Art Gallery. Curated by Blessing Bee Azubike @Chief_ARTvocate, #TheSILVALining is a...
https://t.co/PAp9dkvXwt

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Police Broke Into the Gallery of Banksy's Former Agent, Mistaking a Sculpture for a Dead Woman | Artnet News https://t.co/eii4u74RNs #Art #contemporaryart

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'Heavy is the Head' by @WilliamsChechet on view @sotogallery till this Friday, December 9, 2022.
https://t.co/Y7D5CNmHWj #PopArt #Art #ContemporaryArt #ArtExhibition #LagosArtSeason

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‘The Passage of Time’ showcases a variety of artworks by the great African painter, Ablade Glover, spanning the last fifteen years of his creative journey.

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50 artworks by Ablade Glover are currently on view at ‘The Passage of Time’, an #artexhibition & #book presentation of ‘Crowds and Queens - The Art of Ablade Glover' by Dozie Igweze @HourglassLagos
https://t.co/5fBVDrrVZF

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‘The Passage of Time’ which opened with an invitation-only private viewing on Saturday, the 3rd of December, and public viewing from Sunday, the 4th of December, runs till the 19th of December, 2022

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will come back to the work later (maybe a day or two later). I might add something more or leave the work as it is. This has been my painting process."

The interview was published in 'Art South Africa Magazine' and the Writing in Relation Blog.

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In a 2014 conversation between Yvette Greslé & Professor #AbladeGlover, while asking about his relationship to paint as a medium and in his process as an #Artist; Greslé expressed how struck she was by the way Glover worked with oil paint - the dense layering of paint to surface

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my temperament. I like the immediacy of it. I can apply paint and take it off, that kind of thing. It gripped me and since then (this was 1964) it has been the palette knife. I like to produce quickly, and with immediacy, before I lose the inspiration to make something. Then, I..