Saturday, 7 March 2020

ACASA TRI20 UPDATE

Nathaniel and Mary Ogunyale

My ACASA conference paper to be jointly presented with my wife will focus on "Laspotech" Murals for the past decade.

Watch out for updates here as we begin the countdown.

Friday, 6 March 2020

Largest Outdoor Sculpture Displayed in Bahrain
 Victor Ekpuk, The Face, 2019, painted stainless steel, 14ft x 17ft. Courtesy Victor Ekpuk
Victor Ekpuk’s large-scale sculpture, The Face, is unveiled in Bahrain.
The unveiling  at the The Arab Bank Corporation world corporate headquarters of  the Victor Ekpuk’s The Face, a 17-feet high painted stainless steel sculpture took place in Bahrain.

Currently the largest outdoor sculpture in Bahrain, the work was commissioned by the bank. 

Bahrain is a country known for its cosmopolitanism and ethnically diverse culture.

 

Sunday, 1 March 2020

BREAKING NEWS: ACASA TRI20

Nathaniel Olaolu Ogunyale has been selected to co-chair a panel at the forthcoming Acasa Tri20 conference in Chicago.

The theme of the panel is "Contemporary Art of Nigeria in retrospective perspective",  co-chaired by Afam Augustine Okwudili and Nathaniel Olaolu Ogunyale.


Apart from co-chairing the panel, the duo will also present separate papers at the conference.


Nathaniel Ogunyale and Mary Ogunyale are joint presenters at the conference. 


The topic of the paper is : "Contemporary Mural Paintings in "Laspotech": An Evaluation of Works of Graduating Students between year 2009 and 2019".


Details about the conference here.

KNOW MORE ABOUT ACASA

ACASA!  ACASA!!  ACASA!!!

ACASA is the Arts Council Of African Studies Association.

Set up to promote greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and to encourage contact and collaboration with African and diaspora artists and scholars.

Details coming...