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Nigeria
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 47.6 W x 52.8 H x 2.4 D in
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I keep thinking of inspiration, the creative process and the forces behind it. In my village, two deities Agwu and Ogwugwu are powerful forces. Agwu is synonymous with ingenuity, in its extremity mad genius. Ogwugwu is a female deity, the force behind Creativity. There is such a thin line between madness and genius. Eyes pop up in various parts, like the human brain with grey matter and knowledge bursting out. My paintings evolve over a period of close observations and reworking so the dates are usually not specific to the timeline for the process. Acrylic paint allows me to work fluidly between quick sessions and slower work days, drying sufficiently to suit my temperament. Abstraction best allows the freedom of interpretation of such a complex idea that relates to the creative muse, inspiration and creativity. The formal elements of the piece borrow loosely from the linear, curvilinear and spatial feel of traditional Uli and Nsukka art.
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:47.6 W x 52.8 H x 2.4 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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Nigeria
Born in Oguta in 1973, Anthony Nsofor is the second child of seven children. He studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and majored in Painting, graduating with a second class upper division certificate. He started an art studio in Owerri, Imo State called the Clay Wall Limited and later moved to Lagos to continue studio practice. To fill the gap, Anthony worked for 8 months with The Comet Newspapers, Lagos, writing for the Art editorial desk. He also worked at African Foundation for the Arts,Lagos, as gallery manager and personal assistant to Angela Onyeador. Anthony Nsofor later worked parttime for a year as an Art Educator at Whitesands School, a premium secondary school also in Lagos. Since 2008, he has kept a blog where he shares his views about life interests, his art and series of work, among other things. His biggest solo exhibition titled Autobiography and Beatitudes, opened in 2012 at the Pan Atlantic University, Ajah, Lagos. In 2015, he relocated his studio to Oguta, his village in Imo State. He also had 3 exhibitions thereafter in the same year- Ofala Exhibition at Obi of Onitsha's palace, Onitsha; The Contemporaries, a group show at The Wheatbaker Hotel, Lagos; and Recent Works with Ibe Ananaba at Temple Muse, Lagos. Anthony Nsofor's works will be shown at ArtX Lagos in November, 2017 by SMO gallery at the Civic Centre, Lagos.
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