Search: 84 results found for "contemporary nigerian art"

Abstract geometric pattern on a white ground: a rectangular grid of squares filled with circles, rings, triangles and quarter-circles in sky blue, navy, red, yellow and black.

Curator's Note

Look long enough and the noise resolves into order: the whole field is built to read the same upside down. Anth Ezeokoye's training as an a…

Igbo

Chill Vibes

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Square black-and-white pattern drawing of a central five-petal flower with curling banded petals, surrounded by dense leaves, scrolls, hatching and straight radiating lines.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Start at the white star in the centre and follow one petal outward. Ibrahim packs leaves, scrolls and hatching so densely that every return…

Hausa

Zen Flower

Ibrahim Buhari GamboIbrahim B. G.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. 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.

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.

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.

White calligraphy on black of the Serenity Prayer, opening 'Dear God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change', framed by tropical leaves and flowers.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Courage in the letterforms, serenity in the leaves, wisdom in the balance between them. Anth Ezeokoye sets Niebuhr's prayer in bold white o…

Undeclared

Serenity

Yr. 2022

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

The power here is in the angle: she is turned away from us, looking forward. Then you find the map of Africa inked on her neck, and the por…

Undeclared

Black Woman

Yr. 2021

Emmanuel AbakahEmmanuel A.

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 a serene blue face speckled with stars, eyes closed, a third eye and small meditating figure on the brow, planet and moon earrings, gold neck rings and hatched hair.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

The calm here has a source: between the closed eyes sits a tiny meditating figure, crowned by the third eye. Godwin gives the face a night …

Undeclared

Nameless 002

Yr. 2021

Godwin Edet MunamGodwin E. M.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Of Toni Kuyinu's three royals, only the king keeps his eyes open, and he wears round wire glasses. A thoroughly modern young man, crowned w…

Yoruba

Kingdom

Toni KuyinuToni K.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black-and-white ink illustration: block characters at top, the kanji 神 at left, a hand with contour-line skin sprouting leaves from waves, an eye below and a ribbon reading 'you go see shege'.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Heiwa is Japanese for peace, and Ezeh crowns the drawing with heavy block characters above a hand rising out of swirling waves. Then a ribb…

Undeclared

Heiwa

Eze Divine FavourEze D. F.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

For Yeko, the mask is where a people and their gods meet. Source draws a face in profile built entirely from pattern, cowries, eyes and wav…

Ugandan

Source

Marjory Yeko JewittMarjory Y. J.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Find a work, an artist, a tradition

Chill Vibes

Zen Flower

Light Others

Camouflage

Stronger Together

Serenity

Black Woman

Discovery of Self

Nameless 002

Kingdom

Heiwa

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