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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 31.9 W x 22 H x 0.4 D in
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ABOUT THE ARTWORK
I set out to explore the issues surrounding the Fulani herdsmen attacks on farming villages in Nigeria in 2016. These attacks goes back a long way since the nation's independence, as the migrating herdsmen who look for new grazing lands for their cattle during the harmattan season usually move southwards to greener pastures. The unrestrained public grazing of the cattle means that they also trudge through farmlands and cities. In my blog www.nsoforanthony.wordpress.com can be found articles on various aspects of the topic- A Thousand Cattle; Bloody Cattle, Bullshit System; Cattle Rampage, etc. Using the motif of the cow as a key subject, I realized that other cultures place religious, cultural and other relevance to the animal. Thus, the work gained an international familiarity. The problems of migration and the conflicts between the indigenes and the migrants expanded the importance of the series. In my work, I always try to convey a sense of motion, as I think that the ability to occupy and traverse space is an important part of being 'alive', of influencing beyond one's locale.
Original Created:
2017
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DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Painting:
Acrylic on Canvas
Original:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
31.9 W x 22 H x 0.4 D in
Frame:
Not Framed
Ready to Hang:
Not applicable
Packaging:
Ships Rolled in a Tube
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Nigeria.
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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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