Black History Month Display From Africa House February 1 to March 31, 2008 Broome Community College Library

Africa House is a lavish and vibrant space that has two galleries, Akégo and Sahara. It offers black fine art, giclée prints, and exceptional handcrafted home décors and accessories from Africa and its Diaspora for sale.

Africa House
50 Washington Avenue
Endicott, NY 13760
Telephone: 1-607-821-2540
Online: http://www.africaresource.com/

DSCF2776.JPG Kolade Oshinowo No serious history of Nigeria art in the last quarter of the twentieth century can be written without extensively addressing the art of Kolade Oshinowo. By far the most prolific painter, Oshinowo is arguably the best acrylic painters in the country during that period. Over the course of four decades, he has produced colorful, exciting, paintings that document the full spectrum of his social environment, from bus stops; banana sellers, village scenes, the durbar, portraits of the rich and the famous as well as of ordinary people. Rhythm of the Headload Acrylic, ponal glue, 20 x 30 in, 1989 Painted as part of the Red Series for Rural Reflection, an exhibition that was sponsored by the Italian-Cultural Institute in Lagos, Nigeria in 1989. Here Oshinowo gives a stylized rendition of load carriers in Nigerian markets. DSCF2790.JPG Hërsza Barjom Born in 1958 in Port-au-Prince, Hërsza Barjon, also known as "Hëza," began painting as an adolescent. She studied with two of Haiti's internationally renowned artists-the late Bernard Séjourné (1954-1994) and Jean-Claude Legagneur-and began to paint what critics have described as "visual literature," "Colors that Speak," and "Shapes that Implore." She has had a number of solo exhibition, in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Port Au Prince, Montreal, and Chicago. Untitled Acrylic, 2004 DSCF2786.JPG Asiru Olatunde Born 1992, Asiru Olatunde trained as a blacksmith before beginning to work on larger panels of copper and later, aluminum. He drew his inspiration from ceremonial events, Yoruba stories and customs, and Biblical stories, drawing the subject on the reverse of the panel and then beating out the scenes with a small metal punch, a technique known as counter repoussé metalwork. He became well known in the US after an exhibition at the IMF headquarters in Washington. His work is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute. Asiru Olatunde died in 1992. Sango Metal (aluminum), 19 x 36 in, Acquired 1989 DSCF2782.JPG Ndidi Dike Ndidi Dike taught herself to sculpt after graduating with a major in painting. Her career spans two and a half decades with over fifteen solo exhibitions to her credit. Her work has been exhibited all over the world, in the United States, Paris, London, Cuba, Indonesia, Canada, Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa to mention a few. Embedded Contemplation Wood (camwood , mansonia), 15 x 20 in, 1989 DSCF2787.JPG Ndidi Dike Uli Wood (camwood , mansonia), 15 x 20 in, 1989 DSCF2783.JPG Ndidi Dike Rising Sun Wood (mahogany), 20 x 15 in, 1989. DSCF2789.JPG Chinwe Uwatse Chinwe Uwatse is a painter. She works full-time as the general manager of Bang and Olufsen, Nigeria Limited. Despite her heavy administrative schedule, extensive social commitments and diverse professional obligations, she has worked very hard to maintain her profile as an artist. Living in Nigeria, Chinwe Uwatse's central objective is to assist in the preservation of the female ethos in uli design forms. To this end, she has worked with a number of artists to transfer the decorative ethos of these ancient forms and motifs into contemporary styles and usages. By this means, they have kept decorative element of uli very much in national focus. Walking with the Wind Dimensions: 11" x 15" (water color), 1997 Unknown DSCF2788.JPG Nigerian Decorative Calabash Bowl Calabash gourd DSCF2780.JPG Unknown Nigerian Decorative Calabash Bowl Calabash gourd