The Blur Between Fine Art and Commercial Culture
For a long time, fine art and commercial culture have been treated as two different worlds. Fine art is often
For a long time, fine art and commercial culture have been treated as two different worlds. Fine art is often
Nothing we hold was originated by us. Language precedes the speaker, memory precedes the one who remembers, and the materials
The wise king wrote: There is nothing new under the sun, which implies that no act of creation is made
Image by Carlos Fama. Source: ig_fama, Instagram Why do we find it so difficult to believe that someone can create
NIGERIAN ROYALTY SERIES Muhammad al-Kanemi Shehu of Kanem–Bornu · c. 1776–1837 North-East Zone · Bornu Muḥammad al-Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Kānamī;
frames from Ojude Oba 2024. theniyifagbemi I am not entirely convinced that we are forgetting our culture. At least, not
Uthman Wahab, Soft Monument, 2021 What’s more delusional than a fat ballerina? By all natural and imposed requirements or expectation
Almost every contemporary art practice today would describe their works as an exploration or investigation of memory and cultural identity.
What is the beauty of a place — the objective reality of what it is, or how it makes us
In a previous edition of this newsletter, I argued that the purpose of any art practice should be to pick