Saturday, 29 February 2020
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ACASA TRIENNIAL 2020 |
ACASA! ACASA!! ACASA!!!
ARTS COUNCIL OP THE AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION (ACASA)
is organising her 2020 Triennial Conference in Chicago, United States.
The conference named TRI20 will take place at De Paul University, Chicago from the 16th to 20th of June, 2020.
Conference delegates are expected from allover the world.
Nathaniel Ogunyale is one of the participant and a co-chair of a panel at the event.
The countdown has started.
ART NEWS
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| Brighter Future, 4ft x 3ft, Oil on Canvas by Nathaniel Ogunyale |
Arthouse is organizing the fifth edition of the annual Affordable Art Auction at the Kia Showroom in Lagos. This event will come up in March.
The aim of this show is to boost the interest of young and new collectors by presenting works at accessible prices, under one million Nigerian naira. Art buyers, connoisseurs and art lovers can be looking forward to the show. More details will be provided here later.
Friday, 28 February 2020
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In Memoriam: Prof. Sidney Littlefield Kasfir. |
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| Sidney Littlefield Kasfir |
On the 29th of December 2019, the African arts community
lost one of its most committed and brilliant scholars, Prof. Sidney Littlefield
Kasfir.
Sidney occupied a crucial
place in the lives and careers of many scholars of her and the following
generations.
She was seen last at the
Triennial in Ghana in 2017 where ACASA formally recognized her distinguished
contributions to the field of global African art as a scholar, teacher, and
mentor.
She will be remembered for her pioneering work on contemporary African
art as well as her research among Idoma and related peoples of the Niger/Benue
confluence.
Saturday, 3 February 2018
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Our hands are clean |
Another painting by Nathaniel Ogunyale
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| Title: Our Hands Are Clean: Oil,Torn paper on Canvas, 4ft by 3ft. |
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Jollof Rice- An Installation |
One Day Exhibition of An Installation
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| Jollof Rice: An Installation Art produced by Nathaniel Ogunyale in commemoration of Lagos State Polytechnic's 40th Anniversary |
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
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The Origins of Procreation |
The Origins Of Procreation
Legends Of Africa
Long ago a man and a woman came down from heaven, while another man and woman came out of the ground. The Lord of Heaven also sent a python, the non-poisonous snake, which made its home in a river. In the beginning men and women had no children, they had no desire for one another and did not know the process of procreation and birth.
It was the Python who taught them. He asked the men and women if they had any children, and on being told that they had none, the Python said he would make the women conceive. He told the couples to stand facing each other, then he went into the river and came out with his mouth full of water. This he sprayed on their bellies, saying "Kus, kus" (words that are still used in clan rituals). Then the Python told the couples to go home and lie together, and the women conceived and bore children.
These children took the spirit of the river where the Python lived as their clan spirit. Members of that clan hold the python as taboo; they must never kill it, and if they find a python that has died or been killed by someone else, they put white clay on it and bury it human fashion.
Legends Of Africa
Long ago a man and a woman came down from heaven, while another man and woman came out of the ground. The Lord of Heaven also sent a python, the non-poisonous snake, which made its home in a river. In the beginning men and women had no children, they had no desire for one another and did not know the process of procreation and birth.
It was the Python who taught them. He asked the men and women if they had any children, and on being told that they had none, the Python said he would make the women conceive. He told the couples to stand facing each other, then he went into the river and came out with his mouth full of water. This he sprayed on their bellies, saying "Kus, kus" (words that are still used in clan rituals). Then the Python told the couples to go home and lie together, and the women conceived and bore children.
These children took the spirit of the river where the Python lived as their clan spirit. Members of that clan hold the python as taboo; they must never kill it, and if they find a python that has died or been killed by someone else, they put white clay on it and bury it human fashion.
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The hunter and the lion |
The Hunter And The Lion
Folktales Legend (Nigeria)
There was a hunter who often went into the bush to hunt. Hunting was his work. No other work was so sweet to him as hunting. Every day he was trying to find where the most game could be seen. The bush was all known to him. He knew that in some places there was game and in other places there was none.
One day when the hunter was far in the bush looking for game, he heard a noise that sounded like something coming toward him, but he could not see anything. In a moment he saw a large lion almost on top of him, and it was coming toward him. The lion was so near that it was no use to think of running. The hunter trembled with fear, for he did not know what the lion was going to do with him. Any moment the lion might catch him and kill him. Even if he had wanted to run he had no strength in his legs, because they were shaking.
Folktales Legend (Nigeria)
There was a hunter who often went into the bush to hunt. Hunting was his work. No other work was so sweet to him as hunting. Every day he was trying to find where the most game could be seen. The bush was all known to him. He knew that in some places there was game and in other places there was none.
One day when the hunter was far in the bush looking for game, he heard a noise that sounded like something coming toward him, but he could not see anything. In a moment he saw a large lion almost on top of him, and it was coming toward him. The lion was so near that it was no use to think of running. The hunter trembled with fear, for he did not know what the lion was going to do with him. Any moment the lion might catch him and kill him. Even if he had wanted to run he had no strength in his legs, because they were shaking.
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