Search: 84 results found for "hausa fine art prints"

Black and yellow illustration of the National Theatre, Lagos, with its ribbed cap-shaped roof, a construction crane at left, a smiling yellow sun, a man walking and a white car in front.

Curator's Note

The building every Lagosian can draw from memory, its roof shaped like a general's cap, with a working crane standing beside it. Anth Ezeok…

Yoruba

National Theatre, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony 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.

Painting of two young men leaning their heads together, one in a red shirt and brown jacket, one in a yellow shirt and black jacket, face markings, before an orange-and-black patterned wall.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Two young men lean their heads together until they almost touch. Divine Momoh marks each face differently, a zigzag and spiral on one, a lo…

Yoruba

My Brother

Divine MomohDivine M.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration on rust red of a round blue mask face with six striped hair knots, cowrie shell earrings and an orange patterned comb as its body; a letter A and small copies in the corners.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

KeO turns a girl's name into a playing card. There is a looping A in the corners, a mask at the centre, and in place of a body, a comb. Abi…

Yoruba

Abike

Oluwatobiloba Emmanuel KomaiyaOluwatobiloba E. K.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

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.

STU. 20/20

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.

Illustration of an angular orange mask-like face with heavy-lidded eyes glancing sideways, scalloped pattern on the cheeks, blue planes under brow and chin, before two overlapping pale suns.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

There is a moment when something long known becomes clear. Mikenobi gives it a carved face, in the spirit of the Igbo carvings that give fo…

Igbo

Introspection

Yr. 2023

Michael C. EkenobiMichael C. E.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Long-exposure photograph of looping blue and pink light trails forming an open ring with a bright coiled knot near the centre, on a black background.

STU. 40/40

Curator's Note

Nothing in Alive is solid. A light passed through the dark again and again, and the camera kept every pass, blue shot through with pink. Fo…

Igbo

Alive

Fortune EzeFortune E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black ink line drawing of a tall woman in a headwrap and long garment holding a staff, walking through water patterned with circles, with mountains, a field of crops, a wavy sky and a round moon.

LTD. 15/15

Curator's Note

Yeko calls it a spiritual journey of self discovery and growth. Her tall, unhurried woman walks through water drawn as a field of circles. …

Ugandan

River Journey

Marjory Yeko JewittMarjory Y. J.

From$450· Limited Edition· Ltd. 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.

Illustration of a figure in motion, head tilted back, arms raised and outstretched, split blue and dark red, holding small pink flowers in its mouth against a red field of script-like marks.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

The figure in Growth throws its head back and reaches out, split blue and red, and between its teeth it carries a few small flowers. Ezeh's…

Undeclared

Growth

Eze Divine FavourEze D. F.

From$45· 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.

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.

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National Theatre, Lagos

Limitless

My Brother

Abike

Arike

Introspection

Alive

River Journey

Village Girl

Growth

CMS Church, Lagos

Under My Sun