Search: 45 results found for "ibrahim buhari gambo"

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.

Digital fashion illustration of a woman with pale curled hair, hands on her hips, in a chartreuse dress with a white collar; face and arms left as pencil sketch on dark grey.

STU. 59/60

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Curator's Note

Some women do not wait to be noticed. Ekundayo leaves her body as pencil and paints only the chartreuse dress, and her carriage does the re…

Yoruba

80's Vibe

Yr. 2022

Adeyemo EkundayoAdeyemo E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black and yellow illustration of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos: the control tower, 'MURTALA MUHAMMED AIRPORT LAGOS' lettering, a plane taking off, a parked plane and a ZENITH sign.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

One plane parked, one lifting away: the two halves of every trip home. Anth Ezeokoye spells the airport's name across the terminal exactly …

Yoruba

Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

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.

Pencil-sketched portrait of a young man with a high-top haircut, chin raised and eyes glancing to the side, a vertical band of ochre light across his face, on a grey background.

COLL. 30/30

Curator's Note

Everyone has made this face, and everyone has received it. Ekundayo leaves the young man in loose pencil and spends his only paint on a ban…

Yoruba

Huh!

Yr. 2022

Adeyemo EkundayoAdeyemo E.

From$250· Collector Edition· Coll. 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.

Black and yellow illustration of Makoko, Lagos: a stilt house over water, a man poling a canoe, children in a second canoe, a long bridge on the horizon and a yellow sun with a pale ring.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Most people see Makoko from the bridge. Anth Ezeokoye brings us down to the water, where a man poles his canoe and children ride beside him…

Yoruba

Makoko, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black and yellow illustration of Oshodi, Lagos: an old Mercedes bus seen from the front, a cable footbridge over the road, a crowd, a man in a striped football shirt and the sun.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

The molue at the front of this picture has mostly left Lagos roads, which is exactly why it belongs here. Anth Ezeokoye parks the old Merce…

Yoruba

Oshodi, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

COLL. 30/30

Curator's Note

Ai_mayor reduces the person to a black outline, eyes closed, and still makes it the calmest thing in the frame. Flowers, stripes and a purp…

Yoruba

Stainless

Mayowa Enoch AiyedogbonMayowa E. A.

From$250· Collector Edition· Coll. Ed.

Black-and-yellow illustration of CMS Cathedral in Lagos with its clock tower against a large yellow sun; a man in a dark suit walks past taxis and a bus stop sketched in yellow line.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

In Lagos, CMS is as much a direction as a building. Anth Ezeokoye gives the church its place in Made in Lagos. It is a series made to prese…

Yoruba

CMS Church, Lagos

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.

Digital fashion illustration of three women in wide hats: at centre a figure in a yellow wing-panelled jacket and pleated skirt, flanked by one in black and silver and one in lavender.

COLL. 30/30

Curator's Note

A butterfly's beauty is half the story; the rest is the change it took. Ekundayo dresses three women for the moment of emerging, the one at…

Yoruba

Butterflies

Yr. 2022

Adeyemo EkundayoAdeyemo E.

From$250· Collector Edition· Coll. Ed.

Find a work, an artist, a tradition

Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos

80's Vibe

Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos

Ikoyi Link Bridge, Lagos

Huh!

Limitless

Makoko, Lagos

Oshodi, Lagos

Stainless

CMS Church, Lagos

The Dance

Butterflies