Untitled
1961
102.0 x 73.0 cm
Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
uche okeke(1933 – 2016)
Uche Okeke: Nigerian artist celebrated for vibrant paintings exploring African culture, folklore, and identity. Discover his iconic designs & powerful narratives.
Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art(ラゴス, ナイジェリア)
イエミシ・シルロン美術館でナイジェリアの芸術遺産を体験!ベン・エンウォウやエル・アナツイなど、著名なアーティストによる彫刻や絵画を含む1,000点以上の作品を展示。心揺さぶる展示が魅力の、ナイジェリア初の大学美術館です。
Uche Okeke richly explored the Uli art tradition of the Igbo people during the Asele Period (1958-1966) of his career as a modern Nigerian artist. The medium for local uli art including murals and body paintings are known to be extracted from the pods of plants by the women who use them. Uli Oba, Uli Nkilisi, and Uli Ede Eji are some common names of plants used for this purpose. Regarded as the oldest traditional painting style in Nigeria by some history scholars, the motifs of Uli are known to be abstracted from natural forms, known objects, ideas and phenomena and are symbolic in their meanings. This Untitled piece embodies the qualities of; the abstract outlook; the linear rendering and dominance of lines; the directness of execution; and the condensation of shapes and patterns which are typical of Uli art. The motifs comprise of dots, lines, curvilinear triangles, circles (symbol of Onwa, the moon), concentric coils (symbol of Agwolagwo, derived from the snake), double triangles (symbol of Mbo Agu, Leopard’s Claw) and crescents. The corpus of motifs is numerous and varies across regions throughout Igboland.
作品詳細
- 作品名: Untitled
- 作家: uche okeke
- 制作年: 1961
- 作品サイズ: 102.0 x 73.0 cm
- 著作権の状態: 著作権保護対象
- 展示場所: Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
- 制作時期: Asele Period
- キーワード: asele period art , uli tradition art , dot and line art