Temple Muse
is delighted to present works by
Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya
spanning 40 years! of artistic experimentation!
Come and see his new Aba Na Nya series, amazing line drawings, and feast your eyes on
beautiful metal foils exploring our rich ancestry through modern interpretations.
Join us for mulled wine and gourmet bites on
Saturday, December 12th from 2-5pm
as we enjoy the festive season in the company of our Master Artist!
Professor Bruce Onobrakpeya, celebrated
as one of Nigeria’s greatest experimental artists, is presenting a magnificent
body of work for the Temple Muse
Christmas Art Salon including metal foils, prints, plastocasts, as well as his
new Aba Na Nya series on canvas.
Onobrakpeya has received many local and international awards
including receiving an Honorable Mention
at the Venice Biennale, and a Living
Human Treasure Award in 2006 from UNESCO. He is one of Nigeria’s famous
pioneer Zaria Rebels, an art movement
he started together with Prof. Uche Okeke, Yusuf Grillo, Demas Nwoko and other
students at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria in the 1950’s. Since his student days, Onobrakpeya and his
group have revolutionized our art by drawing attention to our old and timeless African values while appreciating global best-practices and universal human values.
Despite being in his 80’s, Onobrakpeya
continues to amaze his audience with new innovations and experiments; his new Aba
Na Nya works, which symbolize change in society, are a series of individual
mask like faces created from engravings and multi-media collages with pieces of
cloth which are photographed using a new xerograph
technique. Onobrakpeya has created close to 50 such works with a vision to
create a major installation of 100 faces, each representing a unique story of
change within society.
The exhibition is also made up of exceptional
metal foils and prints reflecting over 40 years of his outstanding career. His deep
etchings and plastocasts which he is famous for, draw deeply on the culture and
language of Nigeria and his response to years of socio-political change. Onobrakpeya is truly a Nigerian living
legend, worthy of celebration!
Exhibition runs from December 12th, 2015 to January 23rd, 2016
Opening: December 12th, 2015
Artist Talk: January 16th, 2016,
2pm
