Search: 75 results found for "ugandan"

Digital portrait of a woman in black and white with shaved head tipped back and eyes closed, a white circle drawn around one eye, framed by blue and magenta Ankara wax-print fabric and peach satin petals.

Curator's Note

Silk has always meant luxury. Mayowa Enoch Aiyedogbon gives the word to Ankara, wrapping a woman in Nigeria's beloved wax-print cloth: our …

Yoruba

In Silk

Yr. 2023

Mayowa Enoch AiyedogbonMayowa E. A.

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 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.

Painting of three musicians on purple: one in a green robe and turban with a gourd lute, one in a blue robe with a fiddle and bow, one in a red cap and black-and-gold top playing a flute.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Where ethnic sentiment is used to divide, Clement Obioha paints Nigeria's three largest peoples as one band: three instruments, three voice…

Igbo

Unity

Yr. 2018

Chibuike Clement ObiohaChibuike C. O.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. 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.

Square black-and-white illustration of two mirrored profiles facing outward, heavy brows and hatched marks under the eyes, large roundels above and a black diamond at the centre.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Janus 2 moves in close: two heavy-browed profiles fill the square, a hatched teardrop beneath each eye, a black diamond hanging where they …

Hausa

Janus 2

Ibrahim Buhari GamboIbrahim B. G.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Painterly photograph of drummers in cream robes and caps walking in procession, dark red drums at their sides, on red earth under a bright blue sky, with an arch and crowd at right.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Tajudeen photographed a procession of drummers in cream robes under a hard blue sky, then reworked it until it moved like paint. The faces …

Inspired by the Nupe royal court

Royal Drummers

Yr. 2019

Omotayo TajudeenOmotayo T.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Faceted portrait of an elderly Black man with white hair and beard, lips slightly parted, wearing a gold hoop earring and gold chain, his red shirt merging into a flat red background.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Dayo made his old man for the elders he grew up around, the quiet ones who have seen a lot and carry it with dignity. White beard against a…

Yoruba

Old Man Red

Yr. 2024

Dayo Gerard AkindoyeniDayo G. A.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Digital artwork of a frontal head and neck covered in black and white marbling, with teal, pink and pale blue lilies behind it and a black sphere beside the cheek, on a deep violet background.

COLL. 30/30

Curator's Note

The face is all there, looking straight at us, and still it nearly vanishes. Black and white marbling runs across the features until skin b…

Undeclared

Camouflage

Yr. 2023

Mayowa Enoch AiyedogbonMayowa E. A.

From$250· Collector Edition· Coll. Ed.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

A homage in the caricaturist's language: Fela at the keys, eyes shut, smoke curling, a spotlight from one side and fire rising on the other…

Inspired by Fela Kuti and Afrobeat

Fela Kuti

Yr. 2017

Chibuike Clement ObiohaChibuike C. O.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of a crowned baby glowing in a green vessel, cords linking it to three pink masked figures seated around it with their backs to it, one holding a spear, before a red patterned sun and dark leaves.

STU. 19/20

Curator's Note

The subject is the child. Godwin Edet Munam's masked ancestors sit with their backs to a crowned infant, guarding it, praying for it and fe…

Undeclared

Descent

Yr. 2021

Godwin Edet MunamGodwin E. M.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustrated portrait of a woman with a solid black face, almond eyes and pink lips, framed by gold circles and chevrons, beneath dense swirling red, blue, green and white lines on black.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Nerome Borke gives her the darkest, calmest surface in the picture and rings it with gold. So everything restless happens around her and ne…

Undeclared

Neya

Yr. 2022

Nerome BorkeNerome B.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

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In Silk

Limitless

CMS Church, Lagos

Unity

Missus

Janus 2

Royal Drummers

Old Man Red

Camouflage

Fela Kuti

Descent

Neya