Courts of Influence Series Dipytch Alake Photograph - Limited Edition of 7

This is a series of my works exhibited at Tate Britain,London in 2007 as organized by "Imagine Art After" curated by Breda Beban (late sadly). The title of the series is "Courts of Influence, made in 2007 Here is the Alake of Egbaland and the Olumo Rock of the town of Abeokuta, In Ogun State, Nigeria. It brought into reckoning the question of the role of monarchy if any, in modern governance especially in Africa. This project explored the Yoruba nationality which spread beyond Nigeria. Nigeria and the Republic of Benin were documented. The Kings or Obas were and are first class Kings of the progenitor of the Yoruba race, Oduduwa. Each King's portrait is assembled as a diptych with a photograph of his domain or his people as the case may be. (The works were made on medium format film camera. Restoration was done on the negatives BUT there is a semblance of nuances of slight shift in colour,depict classic nature of the medium) ======================= ***Price is the total for the two pictures (printed as approximately 40 inches and 30 inches each) Signed by me and numbered with certificate of authenticity!