Exhibition

Layers – Group Show

LABANQUE, Béthune, France
07 Dec 2019 - 03 Jan 2021

El Anatsui, Between Onitsha and Asaba, 1985, Black afara, 150x110 cm, Courtesy of Eric Makin, Shikra

El Anatsui, Between Onitsha and Asaba, 1985, Black afara, 150x110 cm, Courtesy of Eric Makin, Shikra

Layers displays a set of archives and exceptional artworks, many of them exhibited for the first time, and offers viewers with a global perspective on the history of Nigerian art, from the independence of the country in 1960 (formerly under British colonial rule) to the beginning of the 21st century, through a set of seminal exhibitions and art events.

On the ground floor, five key moments of the history of Nigerian modern and contemporary art are highlighted: the Independence exhibition in Lagos (then capital of Nigeria) in 1960; the post-independence exhibitions and workshops in Mbari Ibadan and Oshogbo; the national exhibition held during the 1977 second Festival of Black and African Arts and Culture (FESTAC ’77;) the rise of the Uli movement in Nsukka and the Aka Circle of Exhibiting Artists in Enugu in 1986.

In the upper galleries, visitors are invited to a contemporary reinterpretation of Layers with the works of two Nigerian artists from different generations: Mary Evans and Abraham Oghobase.

Layers is curated by Iheanyi Onwuegbucha (Nigeria) and Valentine Umansky (France).

 

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