The Modernist Implantation in Nigeria: Aina Onabolu and Kenneth D. Murray.

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The Modernist Implantation in Nigeria: Aina Onabolu and Kenneth D. Murray

Map of Nigeria depicting the various ancient cultures

Head, BP (500BC-200AD) Nok Culture Terracotta Stylized naturalism

Triton shell, Igbo Ukwu, Leaded bronze, 1100BP (900 AD) Skeumorphic representations

Roped Vessel on a stand, Igbo Ukwu, Leaded bronze, 1100 BP (900AD)

Head of an Ooni (used in annual ritual of renewal) Ife, (Yoruba) Nigeria Leaded Brass (Zinc brass) BP Idealized naturalism; youthfulness ephebism

Figure of an Ooni in ceremonial regalia Ife (Yoruba) Nigeria Leaded Brass—Zinc Brass BP Emotional proportion

Head of a ritual specialist, Ife (Yoruba) Nigeria Terracotta BP Inner/outer beauty; functionality

Ogboni Couple Ijebu Yoruba Brass 19 th century Symbiotic relationship; umbilical chord

Osugbo Doors, Ijebu Yoruba Wood, 19 th /20 th century Visual metaphors of Power

Warrior Chiefs, Benin, Bronze Plaque, B.P, 18.7/8 in Social and emotional proportion

Palace Messenger, Middle Period, Benin Bronze, 25 in.

Portuguese Soldier, Plaque Period, Benin Bronze

British Marines amidst their Loot from the Punitive Expedition Of 1897, Benin.

Modernism within the province of European art From 19 th -20 th century Modernity; newness; freshness; change; industrialization; disruption Modernist transplantation in Africa—new idiom; easel painting

Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselle d’Avignon, oil on canvas, 1907

Epa, Yoruba, Nigeria Wood, pigments 20 th century

Painting the head of an infant In the ritual of “knowing the inner head”

Orisa Priestess with painted forehead

Sacred painting on the façade of a shrine in Ayegunle-Ekiti, Nigeria

Oluorogbo shrine painting Ile Ife, Nigeria

Uli shrine wall at Nri, Igbo, Nigeria

Aina Onabolu Barrister Oil on canvas 1920s

Aina Onabolu, Portrait of a Man Watercolor on Board 1955

Joshua Johnson—Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on canvas, c Supposedly Rev. Daniel Coker of the AME; limner tradition

Joshua Johnson, “In the Garden” Oil on canvas, c. 1830?

The Limner Tradition Commissioned Portraits Status -characteristically flat, plain or dark background With little attention to details Subtle modulation of tones -Liner approach connected to British/Dutch tradition Frontal Approach/frontally placed—looks directly at the audience Flowing drapery, ¾ view Proportions contradicts the academic canon of ratio 1:7