Wednesday, 11 June 2014

20 Nigerian Contemporary Artist you should know.
Twin Seven-Seven (Taiwo Olaniyi)
He participated in Oshogbo, Mbari-mbayo art workshop organised by Ulli Beier in 1964. At this workshop, he was encouraged  along with other young guys who were uneducated enough to gain admission into high school to use african methods of expression using a variety of media for art productions. He is an artist, musician, folk dramatist, and a dancer. His early works were delicate pen and ink drawings which were coloured and varnished. Twin seven-seven has had many one-man and group shows within Nigeria, London, U.S and Germany.


Twin Seven-Seven Paintings

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