Nsukka group
De Nsukka group be de name dem dey take give group of Nigerian artists wey dey associate dema body plus de University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Ein Description
[edit | edit source]Na de Nsukka group be known for say edey work so say ego revive de practice of uli den incorporate ein designs go contemporary art insyd by say dem go use media such as acrylic paint, tempera, gouache, pen den ink, pastel, oil paint, den watercolor. Although traditionally na uli artists be female, na chaw artists of de group be male. Na sam be poets den writers.[1]
De Nsukka group start as sam trend wey you go fi sense for de works of sam African artists. Edey reveal ein body as original mix of cubism den primitive arts.[1]
Insyd October 1997, de National Museum of African Art of de Smithsonian Institution launch de exhibition De Poetics of de Line: Seven Artists of de Nsukka Group, wey na esana be de inaugural exhibition of de Sylvia H. Williams Gallery.[2]
Ein Members
[edit | edit source]- Tayo Adenaike
- El Anatsui
- Chike Aniakor
- Olu Oguibe
- Uche Okeke
- Ada Udechukwu
- Obiora Udechukwu
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephanie Chang (16 December 2016). "Resurrecting Tradition: Three Artists Of Nigeria's Nsukka Group". Theculturetrip.org. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ↑ Chika Okeke (1998). "The Sensitive Line: seven artists of the nsukka group". Jhu.edu. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
Ein Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Simon Ottenberg (1997). New traditions from Nigeria : seven artists of de Nsukka group. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 9781560988007.