Search: 71 results found for "Undeclared heritage"

Painted portrait of a woman whose face is made of violet, yellow, pink and blue colour blocks, wearing a green and gold headwrap with black symbols and a white dotted collar, on grey.

Curator's Note

Àríké carries the name her family chose: meant to be spoiled on sight. Funmilayo Tejumola paints her as a young woman preparing for marriag…

Yoruba

Arike

Yr. 2022

Funmilayo Todimu TejumolaFunmilayo T. T.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Pen-and-ink drawing of a scowling lion with a wild mane hanging in mid-air, lifted by a single balloon tied with a bow and four thin strings, on a mottled beige stained background.

STU. 59/60

Curator's Note

A single balloon, four strings, and a lion who clearly disagrees. Anth Ezeokoye turns the Igbo proverb Onye kwe, chi ya ekwe into a deadpan…

Igbo

Limitless

Yr. 2022

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of an ancient Egyptian royal family: a pharaoh in a red-and-cream striped headdress, a queen holding a baby, and five children in white linen and gold, before a pink wall of trees.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Egyptian art usually kept its kings remote. Sandro Perovic gives his pharaoh a family and lets them touch. A hand rests on a shoulder, a ba…

Inspired by Ancient Egypt

Family

Sandro PerovicSandro P.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Photograph of a person in a pearl-studded crown and dark flared robe, looking over the shoulder with light-catching eyes, backlit in yellow-gold light, blue-white smoke rising around the robe.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Omotayo Tajudeen lights his sitter from behind until the gold seems to come from the figure itself. The crown is beaded, the robe sweeps ou…

Yoruba

Idan

Yr. 2022

Omotayo TajudeenOmotayo T.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black-and-yellow illustration of a crowd walking toward the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, under a billboard reading #EndPoliceBrutality with raised fists, a yellow sun overhead.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Of all the Made in Lagos scenes, this one carries the most weight. Anth Ezeokoye honours the Lekki toll gate during EndSARS as a moment of …

Yoruba

Lekki Tollgate, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Painted portrait of a woman with a colour-block face in blue, pink and teal, wearing a cream veil patterned in navy, orange folds and a gold-beaded fringe, on a black background.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Awẹlẹwà, the slender, beautiful one, carries what Funmilayo Tejumola calls the hope of an African renaissance. Under a gold-beaded fringe h…

Yoruba

Awelewa

Funmilayo Todimu TejumolaFunmilayo T. T.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Dense black-and-white line drawing of a young woman with spiral-patterned hair and a decorated pot on her head, beside a tall staff, in a landscape of hills and fields drawn in flowing parallel lines.

COLL. 30/30

Curator's Note

Yeko builds sky, hills and girl from one rhythm of strokes, until it is hard to tell where the young woman ends and the earth begins.

Ugandan

Village Girl

Marjory Yeko JewittMarjory Y. J.

From$250· Collector Edition· Coll. Ed.

Portrait of a woman with two afro buns in black and white, diagonal shadow stripes across her face, a pink dahlia behind her head, a hand on her shoulder, on a peach-to-violet gradient.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Her face is drawn in black and white while everything around her blooms in colour. Then you notice the hand resting on her shoulder, the on…

Yoruba

Missus

Mayowa Enoch AiyedogbonMayowa E. A.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Monochrome portrait of a young Black man, eyes closed, wearing a gold crown among grey roses, with gold marks beneath one eye and a gold line down his lips and chin.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

The centrepiece of Toni Kuyinu's royal trio, and the only face that meets us head-on, yet his eyes are closed. Nothing is being claimed or …

Yoruba

Crown

Toni KuyinuToni K.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black-and-white illustration of a pregnant woman with eyes closed, one arm raised to balance a tall patterned vessel on her head, large flowers and a small bird beside her, on a black ground.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Yeko calls her son her Sun, and this is a picture of carrying one. A pregnant woman balances a tall patterned vessel on her head, eyes clos…

Ugandan

Under My Sun

Marjory Yeko JewittMarjory Y. J.

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.

Black and yellow illustration of the Lagos Central Mosque with four minarets and a dome, a crescent moon over a pale disc, and market umbrellas and a crowd below.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

In the rest of Made in Lagos a yellow sun shines over the scene. Above the Central Mosque, Anth Ezeokoye turns it into a crescent moon. It …

Yoruba

Central Mosque, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Find a work, an artist, a tradition

Arike

Limitless

Family

Idan

Lekki Tollgate, Lagos

Awelewa

Village Girl

Missus

Crown

Under My Sun

Discovery of Self

Central Mosque, Lagos