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Black and yellow illustration of Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos: rearing horse statues on the stand, a telecom mast, winged shapes in the sky and a seated robed figure with a staff in the foreground.

Curator's Note

Before it was a square it was a racecourse, and the horses never left. Anth Ezeokoye puts the rearing horse statues at the centre of the gr…

Yoruba

Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Geometric illustration of a heart made of overlapping crystal shards in yellow, orange, blue and pink, outlined by translucent facets, on a deep purple background.

LTD. 15/15

Curator's Note

Look twice: what reads as a single heart is two, conjoined, cut from brilliant crystal shards. Anth Ezeokoye makes the join almost invisibl…

Igbo

Stronger Together

Yr. 2021

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

3.25 (4)

From$450· Limited Edition· Ltd. Ed.

Illustration on pink of a round blue mask, eyes closed, with a crown of plum tendrils beaded in black, a gold crescent nose ring, hex nut earrings and two long red combs; letter Y in corners.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Look at her ears: two steel hex nuts where gold should be. Yemisi wears a crown of beaded tendrils and two sharpened red combs. KeO makes h…

Yoruba

Yemisi

Oluwatobiloba Emmanuel KomaiyaOluwatobiloba E. K.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of a tiny figure casting a long shadow on a bright yellow winding road through an orange canyon, with angular rocks and a white sun in a grey-blue sky.

LTD. 15/15

Curator's Note

Find the small figure on the winding yellow road, and the long shadow behind them. Anth Ezeokoye drew Discovery of Self so the distance alr…

Igbo

Discovery of Self

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$450· Limited Edition· Ltd. Ed.

Illustration of five tall candles with dripping wax, their flames glowing, set at different heights against a gradient from yellow to deep orange.

LTD. 15/15

Curator's Note

No candle ever loses its light by lighting others. Anth Ezeokoye gives that saying fiery colour, so the light seems to burn from inside the…

Igbo

Light Others

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$450· Limited Edition· Ltd. Ed.

Pen-and-ink drawing of a rhinoceros suspended in the air by about twenty thin threads, each held by a tiny winged insect, on a pale coffee-stained background.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

About twenty insects, each on its own thread, lift a rhinoceros that seems entirely at peace with the arrangement. Anth Ezeokoye's pen draw…

Igbo

Teamwork

Yr. 2020

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Digital illustration of three dancers in red, teal and cream patterned bodysuits with white sashes, pale tiered fringe on the legs and blue blooms with plumes in their hair; one raises an arm.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

In Nigeria, a celebration has not begun until someone dances. Ekundayo catches three dancers at its height, faces left in soft pencil, the …

Yoruba

The Dance

Yr. 2022

Adeyemo EkundayoAdeyemo E.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Painting of a figure with a mandrill's face and a flaring white mane, one hand on its chest, cradling a human skull against its body, in deep red and brown on a dark ground.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

The last of Joshua Omoijiade's horseman collection, “the bringers of death in a world of my fashioning”. Babi holds a skull close, one hand…

Inspired by Ancient Egypt

Babi

Yr. 2021

Joshua OmoijiadeJoshua O.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black-and-yellow illustration of the Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos: the cable-stayed bridge and its single pylon, with small sketched wings, in front of a large yellow sun, above a street of buildings.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Lagos is a city held together by its crossings, and Anth Ezeokoye gives one of its newest landmarks the same affection as its oldest. In Ma…

Yoruba

Ikoyi Link Bridge, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

COLL. 30/30

Curator's Note

A woman's head floats a hand's width above her shoulders and casts its own shadow. Clement Obioha turns the caricaturist's instinct inward,…

Igbo

Monologue

Chibuike Clement ObiohaChibuike C. O.

From$250· Collector Edition· Coll. Ed.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Deep blue-black skin, a gold halo, heavy pearls at the throat, arms folded close. Dayo turns the figure away from us and lowers the eyes, a…

Yoruba

Black and Gold

Dayo Gerard AkindoyeniDayo G. A.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration on green of a round mask face with a red fringe, two red buns, heavy-lidded blue eyes, tongue out, blue comb-shaped earrings and a red bead loop; letter S and small copies in corners.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

The cheekiest of KeO's named cards: lashes lowered, tongue out, and a pair of combs hung at her ears as earrings. He takes the humblest too…

Yoruba

Shindara

Oluwatobiloba Emmanuel KomaiyaOluwatobiloba E. K.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Find a work, an artist, a tradition

Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos

Stronger Together

Yemisi

Discovery of Self

Light Others

Teamwork

The Dance

Babi

Ikoyi Link Bridge, Lagos

Monologue

Black and Gold

Shindara